portacontenedores

Spanish

Two container ships

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of porta (“to carry”) +‎ contenedores (“containers”).

Noun

portacontenedores m (plural portacontenedores)

1. (nautical) container ship (ship designed to transport containers)

Further reading

• “portacontenedores”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014