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tunnel in Spanish

tunnel in Spanish is túnel — tunnel means an underground or underwater passage, often built for travel.

tunnel in Spanish

túnel
noun
An underground or underwater passage.

What does "tunnel" mean?

  1. noun An underground or underwater passage, often built for travel.
    "Cars slowed down as they entered the tunnel under the river."
  2. verb To dig or build a passage through or under something.
    "The prisoners tunnelled under the wall using nothing but spoons."
  3. noun In networking, a method of carrying one protocol's traffic inside another, often for security.
    "You can set up a secure tunnel between the two offices."
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tunnel in a sentence

  • Cars slowed down as they entered the tunnel under the river.
  • The train disappeared into a long tunnel through the mountain.
  • The prisoners tunnelled under the wall using nothing but spoons.
  • Engineers are tunnelling through the hillside to build a new railway line.

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What is "tunnel" in Spanish?
"tunnel" in Spanish is túnel. tunnel means: An underground or underwater passage, often built for travel.
How do you use "tunnel" in a sentence?
Example: "Cars slowed down as they entered the tunnel under the river." In Spanish, "tunnel" is túnel.
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