elevator

a machine that moves people or things between floors of a building

ascensor, elevador

• get into/out of the elevator

Collocations take the elevator to the top floor · wait for the elevator

• We got into the elevator and went up to the fifth floor.

  Nos metimos en el ascensor y subimos al quinto piso.

a vehicle that carries people or goods up and down a steep slope, such as on a mountain or in a mine

cableway, teleférico

• ride the elevator to the top of the mountain

Collocations mountain elevator · mine elevator

• We rode the elevator up to the summit.

  Subimos en el teleférico hasta la cima.