"Train" in Spanish is el tren, one syllable with a quick tapped r. To travel by train is ir en tren: Voy en tren. If you mean the verb, as in training for a race, the word is entrenar.
Written by Isabella García, Language Content Manager at WordyUpdated October 4, 2026
Hear "tren" in real movie scenes
Two questions travelers ask about trains. Each video starts and stops on that line.
¿Hasta dónde llega el tren de las ocho?
How far does the eight o'clock train go?
At the station ticket window, before he buys his ticket, he asks how far el tren de las ocho, the eight o'clock train, will take him.
From Volver al Futuro 3 · Spanish audio
Oye, ¿estoy en el tren correcto?
Hey, am I on the right train?
Every traveler asks this at least once, and on board the phrase is en el tren, with the article.
From Madame Web · Spanish audio
Words for a train trip
From the ticket to the platform, plus the verb for training.
Spanish
English
la estación de tren
train station
el andén
platform
el billete de tren
train ticket (Spain; el boleto in Latin America)
el tren de alta velocidad
high-speed train
perder el tren
to miss the train
entrenar
to train, to practice a sport
Tip: For job training, Spanish usually says la formación. Entrenar is the verb for sports, coaching and practice.
Grammar: el tren, los trenes
Four points for talking about trains.
Masculine, plural with -es
el tren, los trenes. The plural gains a syllable: TREH-nehs.
By train or on the train
Voy en tren. I'm going by train, with no article. Estoy en el tren. I'm on the train, with the article.
Name it by time or place
el tren de las ocho is the eight o'clock train. el tren a Zaragoza is the train to Zaragoza.
Trains leave and arrive
Use salir and llegar: El tren sale a las diez. For how long the trip takes, use tardar: ¿Cuánto tarda el tren?
Example sentences
Sentences from the Wordy Spanish course. Tap to listen.
El tren sale a las diez.
The train leaves at ten.
¿Cuánto tarda el tren?
How long does the train take?
Es un tren de alta velocidad.
It's a high-speed train.
¿El vuelo o el tren?
The flight or the train?
Common mistakes
Mistakes learners make with this word, and how to fix them.
✗teh-REN (pronunciation)
✓tren
Keep it to one syllable. The t and the r stay together, and the r is one quick tap of the tongue.
✗Voy por tren
✓Voy en tren
English says by train, but Spanish uses en for the way you travel.
✗Treno para la carrera
✓Entreno para la carrera
Tren is only the vehicle. The verb is entrenar, and I train is entreno.
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How to remember it
Tren sounds like the start of trendy. Picture a trendy new train pulling in while everyone on the platform takes photos of it.
El tren, said as one syllable. More than one train is los trenes.
How do you say train station in Spanish?
La estación de tren. When everyone knows which one you mean, la estación is enough.
How do you say "to train" for a sport in Spanish?
Entrenar: Entreno los lunes y los jueves. A coach is el entrenador or la entrenadora.
How do you say "by train" in Spanish?
En tren, without an article: Voy a Sevilla en tren.
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