Estación: station or season

Estación can name a place where transport stops or one of the seasons of the year.

The idea

The noun is feminine: la estación; its plural is estaciones without the written accent.

La estación está al final de la calle.The station is at the end of the street.
Nuestro tren sale de la estación central.Our train leaves from the central station.
¿Dónde está la estación de autobuses?Where is the bus station?
Hay dos estaciones de metro cerca.There are two metro stations nearby.
La primavera es mi estación favorita.Spring is my favourite season.
Las cuatro estaciones tienen temperaturas distintas.The four seasons have different temperatures.

Read-aloud uses a synthetic Spanish voice available on your device. Voice quality and availability vary; it does not assess your pronunciation.

The context tells you whether estación refers to transport or to the yearly seasons.

Choose the feminine article: ___ estación está cerca. (La / El)
Show answer or example answer
La
La is the feminine singular article.
Choose the correctly written plural: Hay dos ___. (estaciones / estaciónes)
Show answer or example answer
estaciones
Estaciones is the plural spelling without an accent mark.
Choose the term for a season of the year: Primavera es una ___ del año. (estación / estación de metro)
Show answer or example answer
estación
Spring is a season of the year, not a metro station.

Describe a station near you and name your favourite season in Spanish.