cabús

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English caboose.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈbus/ [kaˈβ̞us]
• Rhymes: -us
• Syllabification: ca‧bús

Noun

cabús m (plural cabuses)

1. (Mexico, New Mexico) caboose (last car on a freight train)

References

• Rubén Cobos (2003) A Dictionary of New Mexico & Southern Colorado Spanish‎^[1], Museum of New Mexico Press, →ISBN

Further reading

• “cabús”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10