estación

Definitions of estación
  1. noun
    a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose
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    parque de bomberos
    a station housing fire apparatus and firemen
    puesto de socorro
    a station providing emergency care or treatment before regular medical aid can be obtained
    observatorio
    a station set up for making observations of something
    comisaría
    a station that serves as headquarters for police in a particular district; serves as a place from which policemen are dispatched and to which arrested persons are brought
    central, central eléctrica
    an electrical generating station
    estación de servicio
    a station where gasoline and oil are sold and facilities are available for repairing or maintaining automobiles
    subestación
    a subsidiary station where electricity is transformed for distribution by a low-voltage network
    terminal
    station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods
    aeroestación
    a terminal that serves air travelers or air freight
    terminal de autobuses
    a terminal that serves bus passengers
    gasolinera
    a service station that sells gasoline
    emisora
    station for the production and transmission of AM or FM radio broadcasts
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    servicio
    a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry
  2. noun
    one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions
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    otoñada, otoño
    the season when the leaves fall from the trees
    primavera
    the season of growth
    estío, verano
    the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
    invierno
    the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
    estación de lluvias, época de lluvias
    one of the two seasons in tropical climates
    estación seca
    one of the two seasons in tropical climates
    monzón
    rainy season in southern Asia when the southwestern monsoon blows, bringing heavy rains
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    periodo, período
    an amount of time
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