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noun, masculine

coche

/ˈkot͡ʃe/

noun, masculine/ˈkot͡ʃe/plural: coches

coche is masculine in Spanish.

car, automobile; carriage, coach (a wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse power); car (a passenger-carrying unit in a subway or elevated train); ellipsis of coche de niño (“baby carriage”); clipping of cochino (“pig”)

Mi coche tiene una avería.My car has broken down.

Synonyms: automóvil, carro, auto, carruaje

Borrowed from Middle French coche, from German Kutsche, from Hungarian kocsi, in reference to Kocs, a village in Hungary where the first horse-drawn vehicles with an innovative suspension system were manufactured in the 15th century. Doublet of coach.