vagão — meaning in English

English meaning

• van noun A boxy motor vehicle used to carry goods or passengers, larger than a car but smaller than a lorry.
• wagon noun A four-wheeled vehicle used for carrying heavy loads, historically pulled by horses.

Senses

vagão is used for these senses in English:

• railroad car (US) Any railway vehicle or rolling stock.
• van (British) An enclosed railway vehicle for transport of goods, such as a boxcar/box van.

van — full definition

1. noun A boxy motor vehicle used to carry goods or passengers, larger than a car but smaller than a lorry.
2. noun An enclosed railway carriage used to carry goods or luggage.

wagon — full definition

1. noun A four-wheeled vehicle used for carrying heavy loads, historically pulled by horses.
2. verb To transport something by wagon.

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