trem-bala

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Calque of English bullet train. === Pronunciation === === Noun === trem-bala m (plural trens-bala) (Brazil, rail transport) bullet train (high-speed train, especially the type used in Japan) Synonym: (Portugal) comboio-bala === Further reading === “trem-bala”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “trem-bala”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026