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I need to translate the following sentence in its purest form into spanish:

"I went to the station."

(station = railway station or train station... do you have to specify in Spanish that it is a railway station or is there one word for it like in German or French? (der Bahnhof/la gare) )

Gracias amigos

fui a la estacion



my iphone translator came up with that. hope its right

lol thanks for the try

I need something confirmed by a native or fluent speaker though - I'm using this example for a very highly detailed analysis of the way this sentence is translation in 5 different languages.

Babel fish/google translator won't do

i dunno my spanish is bad.

yo fui a la estacion de trenes?? don't trust me though.

I don't know if you can just use "station" in spanish. Maybe in a place like New York you can... or maybe it is common knowledge that station means - train station.

wait for other people ;]

yo fui a la estacion del tren

estacion el ferrocaril ?

quote:

Originally posted by stren estacion el ferrocaril ?

never. lol

estacion de tren if anything.

quote:

Originally posted by MeLLyMeL never. lol estacion de tren if anything.

estacion de stren ?

why is ferrocaril not associated with a train station ?

Yo fu� a la estaci�n


native speaker here

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Originally posted by Ivand Yo fu� a la estaci�n native speaker here

lol @ avatar

there are a few words.

fui a la estación (most people know what you are talking about)
fui a la estación de tren
fui a la estación ferroviaria
fui a la estación de ferrocarril

ferrocaril/ferroviaria is going to be used for older stations, it's like saying 'railway' as opposed to 'train'. i think you might see it more in spain

as for one word, there is not one single word that i know of. spanish is not like german, lol, where you can just add things on - 'de' is used to create compounds.

bahnhof is like 'hof von der bahn', in the spanish way of making compounds..


i'd imagine itd be more appropriate to call a train station by name/location/system.

i dunno.. who uses railway?

ps try saying ferrocarril if you are learning spanish lol

also carretera

and otorrinolaringologi'a

lol

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Originally posted by nefardec ps try saying ferrocarril if you are learning spanish lol also carretera and otorrinolaringologi'a lol

that's what my teacher taught me

rapido ruedan los carros cargados de azucar al ferrocaril

not sure about spelling

quote:

Originally posted by nefardec ps try saying ferrocarril if you are learning spanish lol also carretera and otorrinolaringologi'a lol

we used to have a song in my spanish class senior year with all of the above in it.. otorrinolaringologo is my favorite

quote:

Originally posted by Ivand Yo fu� a la estaci�n native speaker here

thank you

and thanks to the others.



So estacion carries the connotation of "train station" without necessarily having to say "train" ?

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Originally posted by Ania_xox thank you and thanks to the others. So estacion carries the connotation of "train station" without necessarily having to say "train" ?

estacion is station.. if you want to be more specific then you should add de tren.

quote:

Originally posted by Ania_xox thank you and thanks to the others. So estacion carries the connotation of "train station" without necessarily having to say "train" ?

i dunno about that??

couldn't that also be said for bus station - ask ivan!

Also, maybe it just depends where you live.. You say station in miami - u are definitely talking about a bus station. lol

we don't have any trains!

ggrrrrr

where the f*ck is nachos?

does that new pink dude know spanish?

Get him in here

quote:

Originally posted by Ania_xox ggrrrrr where the f*ck is nachos? does that new pink dude know spanish? Get him in here

Javi is not new, he's puerto rican, they do speak spanish there

quote:

Originally posted by stren Javi is not new, he's puerto rican, they do speak spanish there

+ juan (one)

juan/one

Smelly you've been making me laugh a lot recently

quote:

Originally posted by Ania_xox juan/one Smelly you've been making me laugh a lot recently

you may want to use "de tren" to specify, depends really on the context however since you are not specifying which type of station you are referring to in the english sentence, i do not think its necessary to do it in the spanish one

quote:

Originally posted by Ivand Yo fu� a la estaci�n de tren native speaker here

Ya that sounds correct, if you think someone will confuse it with a bus station or something like that just add the part in bold letters.

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