το τρόλεϊ αποσκευών
“το τρόλεϊ αποσκευών” (to tróleï aposkevón) — baggage trolley in Greek. Noun, level A1. this is what the trolleys are labelled at stations and airports. The same word means a trolleybus, but there is no way to mix them up; the two dots over the ι keep it separate. In a live sentence: “Πήρα ένα τρόλεϊ αποσκευών στον σταθμό” — I took a baggage trolley at the station. You can hear how it sounds right here. A word from the everyday Greek course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Greek | το τρόλεϊ αποσκευών |
| Read in Latin letters | to tróleï aposkevón |
| Translation | baggage trolley |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
- το τρόλεϊ αποσκευώνto tróleï aposkevónbaggage trolley
Why it looks that way
this is what the trolleys are labelled at stations and airports. The same word means a trolleybus, but there is no way to mix them up; the two dots over the ι keep it separate
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- Πήρα ένα τρόλεϊ αποσκευών στον σταθμόpíra éna tróleï aposkevón ston stathmóI took a baggage trolley at the station
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “baggage trolley” in Greek?
«το τρόλεϊ αποσκευών», read “to tróleï aposkevón”. In a live sentence: “Πήρα ένα τρόλεϊ αποσκευών στον σταθμό” — I took a baggage trolley at the station. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A1; written with the characters τ, ο, τ, ρ, λ, ε, α, π, ο, σ, κ, ε.
How is “το τρόλεϊ αποσκευών” written in Latin letters?
to tróleï aposkevón. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
this is what the trolleys are labelled at stations and airports. The same word means a trolleybus, but there is no way to mix them up; the two dots over the ι keep it separate. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
Can I hear how it sounds?
Yes, right on this page: click the word and it will play. The sound works on any phone, and nothing needs to be installed.