teleférico

See also: teleferico

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /te.leˈfɛ.ɾi.ku/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɨ.lɨˈfɛ.ɾi.ku/

Noun

teleférico m (plural teleféricos)

1. telpher (aerial cable car)

Adjective

teleférico (feminine teleférica, masculine plural teleféricos, feminine plural teleféricas)

1. transporting over a distance

   As linhas teleféricas transmitem a eletricidade do gerador às cidades.

   Transmission lines transmit electricity from the generator to the cities.

Further reading

• “teleférico”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “teleférico”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

English telpher

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Italic *-ātos

Latin -ātus

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icus

Latin -āticus

Latin -āticum

Old French -agebor.

Middle English -age

English -age

English telpheragebor.

French téléphérage

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Latin -icuslbor.

Old French -ique

Middle French -ique

French -ique

French téléphériquebor.

Spanish teleférico

Borrowed from French téléphérique.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teleˈfeɾiko/ [t̪e.leˈfe.ɾi.ko]
• Rhymes: -eɾiko
• Syllabification: te‧le‧fé‧ri‧co

Noun

teleférico m (plural teleféricos)

1. aerial tramway, cable car

Further reading

• “teleférico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025