carretera

/kareˈteɾa/, [ka.reˈt̪e.ɾa]

road

Examples

Mantén los ojos en la carretera.

Keep your eyes on the road.

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La carretera estaba bastante embarrada, y lo que es peor, empezó a llover.

The road was quite muddy, and, what is worse, it began to rain.

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Gira a la izquierda cuando se bifurque la carretera.

Turn left when you get to the fork in the road.

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La vida es como una carretera grande.

Life is like a big highway.

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Esta carretera es muy estrecha.

This road is very narrow.

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El cuerpo descompuesto de una joven fue encontrado en el borde de una carretera.

The badly decomposed body of a young girl was found on the side of a highway.

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El autobús va de volada por la carretera larga y sinuosa.

The bus speeds down the long and winding road.

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La carretera enfangada ha destrozado mis zapatos.

The muddy road has ruined my new shoes.

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La carretera seguía como una larga curva.

The highway went on in a large curve.

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El autobús se detuvo de repente en medio de la carretera.

The bus stopped suddenly in the middle of the street.

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Como la carretera está húmeda esta mañana, debe haber llovido esta noche.

Since the road is wet this morning, it must have rained last night.

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¡Cuidado! ¡Hay una vaca en la carretera!

Be careful! There's a cow in the road!

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Esta carretera nos ahorra mucho tiempo.

This highway saves us a lot of time.

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Después de dos horas en la carretera, Tom hizo una parada de rigor.

After two hours on the road, Tom made a comfort stop.

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Caminamos por la carretera.

We walked along the road.

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Se atravesó un camión en la carretera.

A truck stopped crosswise in the middle of the road.

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Una avalancha obstaculizó la carretera.

A snowslide obstructed the road.

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No dejes que los niños jueguen en la carretera.

Don't let children play in the road.

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Le vi cruzar la carretera.

I saw him crossing the road.

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¡Cuidado! Hay un hoyo en la carretera.

Careful! There's a pothole on the road.

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