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tractor

tractor

noun trahk-TOHR Rare

Origin: From Latin trahere (to pull) via English/French tractor.

Usage Note

Tractor is an international technical borrowing with no surprising features in Spanish. It is invariable in gender (always masculine) and follows normal -r pluralisation: tractores. In figurative use tractor can describe an economic driver — industria tractora — though this usage is more common in journalistic register.

Examples

"El tractor araba el campo desde el amanecer."

Natural Translation

The tractor was ploughing the field since dawn.

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