andén

See also: anden, Anden, änden, and ånden

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *andaginem. Possibly from Latin indāgō (“encirclement”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /anˈden/ [ãn̪ˈd̪ẽn]
Audio (Colombia): (file)
Rhymes: -en
Syllabification: an‧dén

Noun

andén m (plural andenes)

platform (at a train station)
quayside
(Andes, agriculture) a stair-like terrace on a hillside, used for cultivating plants
(Caribbean, Colombia) sidewalk
Synonyms: acera, (Guatemala) banqueta, (Mexico) escarpa, (Latin America) vereda

Derived terms

andenería

See also

Further reading

“andén”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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