Enrique Andrade has one of Portland's most familiar voices.

Rich. Enchanting. Some might even say, ahem, alluring.

Regardless of where you hear it, you'd be forgiven for impulsively reaching for a commuter-train hand strap that may or may not be there.

Andrade, 41, a Mexico City native who immigrated to the U.S. when he was 13, is "the Spanish voice of MAX."

That's right, that guy announcing stations and "Puertas a mi derecha" (Doors to my right) to Spanish speakers riding TriMet trains isn't just some computer program.

In fact, he lives in Beaverton and works as a courtroom interpreter in Washington County.

Eight years after The Oregonian profiled Andrade in a story, his name is suddenly trending on social media this week.

It started with a question on Reddit on Monday: "Who is the Spanish voice over person from the MAX?"

Judging from the responses, many people already knew of the man behind the princely voice. In fact, one person saw the part-time stage and voice-over actor play Mardian and Menecrates in "Antony and Cleopatra" in Laurelhurst Park last Friday.

Some of the other responses from Reddit users:

"Who would have guessed he actually spoke Spanish! I assumed it was just some gringo with 20 minutes of coaching."

"He's the reason I learned the word izquierda"

"He was a customer at my work. We got to talking about what he did he mentioned he did some voice acting. When he told me where I asked him if he'd do the train voice. He did, it was awesome."

"I want to know if he looks like he sounds. So to speak."

"Here is a little fact you probably didn't know, it isn't a recorded voice, he sits at Tri-Met all day and does it live for every train! And now you know why the trains don't run late into the night, he has to go home and sleep.

But where is his home? Another little fact most people don't know, it is at the top of the clock tower at Union Station. The clock runs slow and he fixes it every night before bed."

Um, regarding that last comment: No. No. And no.

It's actually a recording.

Hard Drive caught up with Andrade in downtown Portland on Tuesday afternoon. He had no idea people were talking about him on social media.

Watch the video above to see (and hear) him discuss how he became one of the voices of TriMet, his next gig with the transit agency and the weird dream that just won't go away.

As far as how much he gets paid to record Spanish announcements for Oregon's largest transit agency, Andrade would only say, "It's competitive with other agency's hiring for similar services."

Guess it'll take a public records request from TriMet to get that information.

-- Joseph Rose