AVE
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ave"
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Acronym of Alta Velocidad Española (literally “Spanish high-speed”), a word-play with ave (“bird”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]AVE m (plural AVEs)
- (Spain) high-speed rail, high-speed train
- 2021 March 31, “El AVE a La Meca reanuda su actividad comercial tras el parón por la pandemia”, in CincoDías[1]:
- El AVE a la Meca es el primer tren de alta velocidad que opera en un entorno desértico […]
- The high-speed line to Mecca is the first to operate in a desert environment […]
Usage notes
[edit]- The term originally referred to Renfe's flagship high-speed train service. However, it is commonly used in Spain as a synonym for línea de alta velocidad or tren de alta velocidad (even when referring to high-speed rail in other countries).
Proper noun
[edit]AVE m
- (trademark) a high-speed rail service in Spain operated by Renfe
Further reading
[edit]- “AVE”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Categories:
- Spanish acronyms
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/abe
- Rhymes:Spanish/abe/2 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- Peninsular Spanish
- Spanish terms with quotations
- Spanish proper nouns
- Spanish trademarks
- es:Rail transportation