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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10