Vin Number

Question

does anyone know how to say vin number in spanish? I would greatly aprreciare any help I can get
thanks
linda

Answer 1

Ok, VIN stands for vehicular identification number so I guess in Spanish it would be, "número de identificación vehicular." I just don't know if you want to say that every time.

Answer 2

I think the VIN number is not implemented in all countries. By example, we don't have an equivalent in Argentina. There we use the chassis and motor serial numbers to identify a vehicle. Imported cars may have it, but not the ones manufactured there. But if you need just to explain what VIN means, I would just use "número de identificación del vehículo".

samdie said:

scapeuce said:

...by the way...in Spain and Colombia, at least, they use the word "placa" instead of "patente".

Isn't "numero de placa" the "license plate number"? The VIN is a much more elaborate number that encodes the manufacturer (Honda/Ford/Volkswagon) the model and the particular automobile and is about 15-20 digits long (maybe, alfanumeric, I don't remember).

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Answer 3

número vin'

Answer 4

thank you

Answer 5

...but número vin has no meaning in spanish ...( or I don't know the meaning of "vin" in spanish...)

Answer 6

I'm sorry...I just tried to help....what I wanted to mean is that no common spanish speaker will understand "número vin" ......Common identifiers for vehicles are "número de motor" (...the serial number of the engine) or "número de la patente" (the characters on the plate)...the last it is exactly the same as "número de registro" (register number...which toghether to the "número de chassis" are used only by a vehicle registry office or a policeman verifying the complete ownership of a vehicle).....so the most common identifier of a vehicle is " el número de patente" or just " la patente"..
( I'm sorry again...I'm a spanish speaker trying to improve my english..)

Answer 7

...by the way...in Spain and Colombia, at least, they use the word "placa" instead of "patente".

Answer 8

scapeuce said:

...by the way...in Spain and Colombia, at least, they use the word "placa" instead of "patente".

Isn't "numero de placa" the "license plate number"? The VIN is a much more elaborate number that encodes the manufacturer (Honda/Ford/Volkswagon) the model and the particular automobile and is about 15-20 digits long (maybe, alfanumeric, I don't remember).

Answer 9

A bit late, but for future reference:

For Spanish-speaking people in the U.S., it's "Número vin" or "Número de vehículo"

In México it would be "número de identificación vehicular" or "NIV"

Sadly, I don't know about other countries.

You can always visit a particular country's government site to learn more.

Answer 10

VIN does not apply in all countries of Latin America, is called by different names for each country

Answer 11

True enough. In México the vehicle serial number is referred to as the "numero serie" as printed on the "tarjeta de circulacion vehicular"

The plates here are "placas"

• I do know that V.I.N. is used in the U.S. not sure of Canada. - pacofinkler Mar 11, 2011

Answer 12

En españa: Es el número de serie de un automóvil. Cada número o letra del VIN tiene un significado, una lectura típica sería: Posición 1 : continente Posición 2 : país Posición 3 : fabricante Posición 4-8 : modelo Posición 9 : código interno Posición 10 : año de fabricación Posición 11 : planta o factoría donde fue fabricado Posición 12-17 : número único de serie

Answer 13

no teachers are not always right. if that is ur question.