Today's
word is: Carretera
Clase: sustantivo
(noun)
Género: femenino
(feminine)
Origen: latín
(Latin)
In
Spanish, “carretera”
is a feminine noun of Latin origin which means road
or
highway.
A typical example of the use of the word “carretera”
is:
- Esa carretera tiene muchas curvas (that road has lots of bends)
In Spanish, the noun
“carretero”*
is a related word meaning a male cartwright. A typical example
of the use of the word “carretero”
is:
- Pedro es carretero (Pedro is a cartwright)
Spanish
expressions with the word “carretera”
or related words are:
- Asistencia en carretera (roadside/ breakdown assistance)
- Bicicleta de carretera (road bike -pedal bike)
- Carretera afirmada (unpaved compacted dirt road/gravel road)
- Carretera asfaltada (paved road/ tarmac road)
- Carretera con peajes (toll road)
- Carretera de aceso (access road)
- Carretera de aceso limitado (restricted/ limited access road)
- Carretera de peaje (toll road)
- Carretera de cuota (toll road -Latin America)
- Carretera en obras (road under construction/ maintenance -roadworks)
- Carretera forestal (forestry road/ track)
- Carretera general (main road -long distance/ interstate)
- Carretera nacional (main road -long distance/ interstate)
- Carretera comarcal (secondary road)
- Carretera con muchas curvas (winding road – a road with lots of bends)
- Carretera cortada (closed road)
- Carretera cortada por obras (closed road due to roadworks)
- Carretera de circunvalación (ring road)
- Carretera local (local road)
- Carretera secundaria (secondary road)
- Carretera sin afirmar (unpaved uncompacted dirt road)
- Carretera sin asfaltar (unpaved road/ dirt road)
- Carretera y manta (leave immediately/ just leave! -see notes below**)
- Ciclismo de carretera (road cycle racing -sport)
- Ciclismo en carretera (road cycle racing -sport)
- Cruce de carretera (crossroads/ road junction)
- Fumar como un carretero (to chain smoke/ smoke like a chimney)
- Hablar como un carretero (to use a coarse language/ to talk like a sailor***)
- Jurar como un carretero (to use a coarse language/ to talk like a sailor***)
- Luz de carretera (headlights -full beam)
- Moto de carretera (road bike -motorbike)
- Salirse de la carretera (to come/ go off the road)
- Tramo de carretera (stretch of road)
- Algunos tramos de esa carretera están en muy mal estado (some stretches of that road are in a really poor state)
- Transporte por carretera (road freight/ road haulage/ road transport)
Notes
*The
feminine form of this noun, i.e.: “carretera”
should be used when referring to a female cartwright.
The
noun “carretero”
is often used to refer to an uncouth or foul mouthed person -see
expressions above***.
**
As a typical use of this expression, imagine you
want to summarily dismiss or eject someone from somewhere.
Basically, you want to tell the person in question to gather his/ her
belongings and just leave. In Spanish, you could say: recoge
tus bártulos y carretera
y manta.
Love-Spanish.com
loves the word "carretera"
in the YouTube clip: Julio Iglesias - La Carretera - "HQ"
*NB
'Click' on the speaker icon next to the word “carretera”in the link to hear the word pronounced.
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