RENFE

See also: Renfe

Spanish

Alternative forms

• Renfe

Etymology

Acronym of Red Nacional de los Ferrocarriles Españoles (“Spanish National Railway Network”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrenfe/ [ˈrẽɱ.fe]
• Rhymes: -enfe
• Syllabification: REN‧FE

Proper noun

RENFE f

1. (historical, trademark) a state-owned company that managed the Spanish railway network (both the infrastructure and the trains running on it) from 1941 to 2005
2. Alternative letter-case form of Renfe (the current state-owned company that runs trains in Spain)

Noun

RENFE f (plural RENFEs)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Renfe (“station”)
   • 1978, Joan Manuel Serrat (lyrics and music), “Qué bonito es Badalona”:

     Y esa estación / Y esa RENFE / Y esa rambla "arborizá"

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)