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semáforo

/seˈmafoɾo/

noun, masculine/seˈmafoɾo/plural: semáforos

traffic light; semaphore, flag semaphore

Borrowed from French sémaphore, from Ancient Greek σῆμα (sêma, “sign”), and -foro derived from -φωρος (-phōros, “bearing, bearer”).