carretera
/kareˈteɾa/, [ka.reˈt̪e.ɾa]road
Noun carretera f (plural carreteras)
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highway
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female equivalent of carretero (“carter; cartwright”)
Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
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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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