Types of Trucks / Tipos de camiones

Types of Trucks / Tipos de camiones

Types of Trucks! Learn different truck names in Spanish with examples and pictures to increase your vocabulary words about transportation. If you are someone who works in the logistics industry perhaps, or in a job where trucks feature heavily, then knowing how to refer to the different types of trucks in Spanish will greatly assist you in your communication. That being said, this type of vocabulary can also prove useful in day to day conversation and can help you sound more like a native speaker.

In this section, you will be learning the Spanish names for the various truck types.

List of Different Types of Trucks in Spanish

  • Pickup / La camioneta
  • Tractor / El tractor
  • Tow truck / La grúa
  • Fire engine / El carro de bomberos (Latin Amer.), El coche de bomberos (Spain)
  • Van / El monovolumen, La combi (Note: this is a small van that might be owned by a family, NOT a moving van)
  • Cement mixer / La hormigonera, La mezcladora
  • Tanker / El camión cisterna
  • Tractor-trailer / El tráiler
  • Forklift / El montacargas (Latin Amer.), La carretilla elevadora (Spain)
  • Car transporter / El transportador de automóviles

Truck Names in Spanish with Pictures and Examples

Pickup / La camioneta

  • Sigue manejando una camioneta Ford destartalada del año 1979.(He still drives a battered 1979 Ford pickup.)

Tractor / El tractor

  • El tractor arrastra el arado por todo el campo.(The tractor pulls a plow across the whole field.)

Tow truck / La grúa

  • Se me descompuso el carro y estoy esperando la grúa.(My car broke down and I am waiting for the tow truck.)

Fire engine / El carro de bomberos (Latin Amer.), El coche de bomberos (Spain)

  • Dos carros de bomberos pasaban a toda velocidad por la carretera cuando salí de la oficina.(There were two fire engines speeding down the road when I came out of the office.)

Van / El monovolumen, La combi (Note: this is a small van that might be owned by a family, NOT a moving van)

  • Cuando nació nuestro segundo hijo, nos compramos un monovolumen.(When our second child was born, we got a van.)

Cement mixer / La hormigonera, La mezcladora

  • Una de las cosas que aprendí trabajando en la construcción durante el verano fue a usar una hormigonera.(One of the things I learned working construction over the summer was how to use a cement mixer.)

Tanker / El camión cisterna

  • El camión cisterna llegó a la gasolinera, y el conductor empezó a llenar el depósito.(The tanker pulled into the gas station, and the driver began to fill up the reservoir.)

Tractor-trailer / El tráiler

Forklift / El montacargas (Latin Amer.), La carretilla elevadora (Spain)

  • Steve mueve las cajas en la fábrica usando un montacargas.(Steve moves crates in the factory using a forklift.)
  • Becky conduce una carretilla elevadora en una obra de construcción que se utiliza para mover la madera.(Becky drives a forklift on a construction site that is used for moving lumber.)

Car transporter / El transportador de automóviles

Types of Trucks / Tipos de camiones| Images

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