contenedor

/konteneˈdoɾ/ · B1 · adj

container, cargo container, shipping container

📦🚢 contener (to contain) + -dor (-er) = container

Spanish -dor works like English -er: it marks the thing that does the action. So contenedor is a container, and from Latin continere, to hold together. In Spain the same word also means a street dumpster or skip.

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