carretera

/kareˈteɾa/, [ka.reˈt̪e.ɾa]

road


Noun carretera f (plural carreteras)

  1. highway
  2. female equivalent of carretero (“carter; cartwright”)

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License


Examples
  • Mantén los ojos en la carretera.

    Keep your eyes on the road.

  • 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.

  • Gira a la izquierda cuando se bifurque la carretera.

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

  • La vida es como una carretera grande.

    Life is like a big highway.

  • Esta carretera es muy estrecha.

    This road is very narrow.

  • 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.

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

    The bus speeds down the long and winding road.

  • La carretera enfangada ha destrozado mis zapatos.

    The muddy road has ruined my new shoes.

  • La carretera seguía como una larga curva.

    The highway went on in a large curve.

  • 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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