Carretera in english
pronunciation: haɪweɪ part of speech: noun
carretera = highway ; road ; lane ; thoroughfare ; roadway ; carriageway.
Example: Having entered the next state and a highway off the turnpike, he was amazed by the extraordinary flatness of the land, especially in contrast to the hilly terrain he had grown up with back home.Example: Use of Woolston Library has declined slightly: the area is isolated by the River Itchen, a busy main road, and a natural escarpment.Example: The title of the article is 'Changing lanes on the information superhighway: academic libraries and the Internet'.Example: Information kiosks are located in public thoroughfares, shopping malls, airports and railway stations.Example: As Klaus's acute observations are unhampered by romantic ideals, his eye catches the plastic trash by the roadway as well as the colors of moss on the landing strip.Example: Otherwise, national speed limit on carriageways with no centre reservation is 60mph.more:
» accidente de carretera = road accident .
Example: Central Government holds a vast amount of information on pollution, road accidents, and weather patterns.» accidente mortal de carretera = fatal road accident .
Example: Driver error was responsible for 86% of all fatal road accidents in Ireland last year.» al borde de la carretera = at the roadside .
Example: Tragically, each year hundreds of people lose their lives and suffer serious injuries while working or stopped at the roadside or on the motorway hard shoulder.» animal víctima de la carretera = road kill [roadkill] [Exclusivamente referido a los animales que mueren atropellados o en choque con los vehículos que circulan por las carreteras] .
Example: The article is entitled 'Libraries on the superhighway: rest stop or roadkill?'.» arreglo en carretera = roadside repairs .
Example: If roadside repairs aren't possible, however, the service arranges a tow.» asistencia en carretera = roadside assistance .
Example: In fact, about half of our roadside assistance calls last year were for automobiles.» auxilio en carretera = roadside assistance .
Example: In fact, about half of our roadside assistance calls last year were for automobiles.» bar de carretera = roadhouse .
Example: Around 1925, in a particularly close brush with the law, Poole was nearly killed when police raided a roadhouse in which he was performing.» borde de la carretera = roadside .
Example: Today's electronic systems, both in-car and on the roadside, offer the drivers of the next decade the chance for a peaceful revolution in road transport.» borde de la carretera ajardinado = parkway strip .
Example: Carob trees in heavily watered parkway strips are also a hazard.» caminar por la carretera = walk all over + the road .
Example: In residential areas where people walk all over the road, unless you honk they will not notice that you have crept up behind them.» caminar tanto por la acera como por la carretera = walk all over + the road .
Example: In residential areas where people walk all over the road, unless you honk they will not notice that you have crept up behind them.» camión que esparce sal en las carreteras = gritter .
Example: They use gritters to sprinkle rock salt on roads and snowploughs to ensure motorists are able to drive safely in poor conditions.» capacidad de las carreteras = road capacity .
Example: Up to the 1980s, the general attitude to road congestion in Britain was to increase road capacity by building new roads.» carretera asfaltada = asphalt road ; paved road .
Example: Road Department officials said that using paver tiles to cover potholes on asphalt roads was slipshod. Example: What began as a paved road on a slight incline soon became a narrow and near-vertical path through woods, with hairpin bends every 50 yards.» carretera con muchas curvas = winding road ; twisting road .
Example: It is one of my favorite twisting and winding roads and in places, it runs quite near the waters of Newfound Lake. Example: It is one of my favorite twisting and winding roads and in places, it runs quite near the waters of Newfound Lake.» carretera de asfalto = asphalt road .
Example: Road Department officials said that using paver tiles to cover potholes on asphalt roads was slipshod.» carretera de circunvalación = bypass ; ring road ; beltway .
Example: The author discusses the controversy over the construction of a bypass which cuts through a national park in Devon. Example: He lived in a tent pitched on the central reservation of the Wolverhampton ring road for over 30 years. Example: The ambulance pulled over on the beltway, and paramedics oversaw a healthy delivery.» carretera de doble calzada = dual carriageway .
Example: In spite of the fact that over 98% of roads are minor roads, over 90% of all barn owl road casualties are found dead on major roads (such as motorways and dual carriageways).» carretera de doble carril = dual carriageway .
Example: In spite of the fact that over 98% of roads are minor roads, over 90% of all barn owl road casualties are found dead on major roads (such as motorways and dual carriageways).» carretera de peaje = toll road .
Example: Major toll roads around the country typically charge less than 15¢ per mile.» carretera elevada = causeway .
Example: A causeway which must have existed by ca.1200 was revealed on the approaches to the bridge.» carretera estatal = state road .
Example: There have been fewer fatalities on state roads this holiday weekend than last year.» carretera interestatal = interstate .
Example: There has been an influx of traveling prostitutes who advertise on web sites and meet customers in hotels and motels along Interstate 95 from Florida to South Carolina.» carretera nacional = state road ; interstate .
Example: There have been fewer fatalities on state roads this holiday weekend than last year. Example: There has been an influx of traveling prostitutes who advertise on web sites and meet customers in hotels and motels along Interstate 95 from Florida to South Carolina.» carretera principal = major road .
Example: In spite of the fact that over 98% of roads are minor roads, over 90% of all barn owl road casualties are found dead on major roads (such as motorways and dual carriageways).» carretera rural = country road .
Example: Sitting on a tailgate drinking a beer with a good friend can be better than going to a swanky martini bar, especially if you know where the good country roads are.» carretera secundaria = minor road ; back road .
Example: The verges of these minor roads have had, in some cases, hundreds of years for native flora to become established. Example: This area is renowned for biking with lots of back roads winding their way through covered bridges and past historic buildings.» circulación por carretera = road traffic .
Example: An additional benefit comes from the fact that trains can take on extra long articulated lorries that by law are prohibited in road traffic.» conducir por la derecha de la carretera = drive on + the right-hand side of the road .
Example: Today approximately two thirds of the world's countries drive on the right hand side of the road and a third, including the UK, drive on the left.» conducir por la izquierda de la carretera = drive on + the left-hand side of the road .
Example: Australians drive on the left-hand side of the road, with the steering wheel on the right-hand side of the car.» congestión de las carreteras = road congestion .
Example: Up to the 1980s, the general attitude to road congestion in Britain was to increase road capacity by building new roads.» construcción de carreteras = road construction .
Example: This new Act states conditions to prevent danger, damage, or nuisances, although it does not cover building construction, demolition, road construction.» control de carretera = road check ; roadside check ; roadblock .
Example: Of those surveyed, 3% had been stopped during road checks and involved in road accidents. Example: Roadside checks will be a major part of the campaign to trap drink-drivers. Example: There are many arguments both for and against the use of roadblocks in our effort to reduce drunk driving.» cruzar la carretera por un sitio no autorizado = jaywalking ; jaywalk .
Example: At any rate, jaywalking is a relatively minor annoyance (and a risk that falls mainly on the jaywalkers themselves), and it should not consume law enforcement resources. Example: When people make the decision to jaywalk, they don't connect it to the fact that they could get killed doing that.» cuneta de la carretera = road(side) ditch .
Example: A man was badly injured after he dozed off and drove his motorbike into a roadside ditch early this morning.» descongestión de las carreteras = road decongestion .
Example: That amount of bicycle travel would deliver $147.3 million in health benefits and $97.8 million in road decongestion over the next three decades.» despejar la carretera = clear + a route .
Example: In order to execute this mammoth task, the route to the theatre was completely cleared immediately before the convoy set off.» echar de la carretera = run + Nombre + off the road .
Example: Today, on my way to class to take my final exam a lady almost ran me off the road -- I got pissed, honked my horn and flipped her off.» echar salitre en la carretera = grit + the road [Generalmente en el invierno para evitar/disolver el hielo que se forma en las carreteras] ; salt + the road [Generalmente en el invierno para evitar/disolver el hielo que se forma en las carreteras] .
Example: We constantly monitor the weather and will grit roads whenever road temperatures are forecast to fall below zero with a hoarfrost. Example: They don't salt the roads in winter there so the salt doesn't run off and contaminate the drinking water.» estado de las carreteras = traffic report .
Example: It can be used to present a wide variety of content channels such as stock quote, sports score, traffic report and weather forecast.» hacer salir de la carretera = run + Nombre + off the road .
Example: Today, on my way to class to take my final exam a lady almost ran me off the road -- I got pissed, honked my horn and flipped her off.» informe sobre el estado general de las carreteras = road report .
Example: Index pages are provided so normally the user will initially key in the number of the main index page in order to discover the page numbers of the required subject area, whether it is sports results, the latest news, weather or road reports or cookery recipes.» mapa de carreteras = road map [roadmap] .
Example: Planning can be viewed as a road map.» margen de la carretera = roadside verge .
Example: People grow food in allotments and on high-rise rooftops, on river banks and roadside verges, in parks and market gardens and any piece of wasteland they can find.» mediana de la carretera = road median ; centre reservation ; median ; median strip .
Example: Mud and stagnant water around the road medians was only one reason for the many accidents. Example: Otherwise, national speed limit on carriageways with no centre reservation is 60mph. Example: But the medians have shrunk the width of the roads, leading to dangerous overtakings. Example: Median strips across the state are set for a permanently green facelift.» obras en la carretera = road works .
Example: Eastbound traffic will be detoured as a result of the road works.» parapeto de la carretera = road bank .
Example: The tanks led the way and the remaining infantrymen trailed behind, using the tanks, trees and road bank as cover from the fire coming from the city.» persona que cruza la carretera por un sitio no autorizado = jaywalker .
Example: At any rate, jaywalking is a relatively minor annoyance (and a risk that falls mainly on the jaywalkers themselves), and it should not consume law enforcement resources.» por carretera = by road .
Example: London City Airport is easily accessible by road.» red arterial de carreteras = road network .
Example: The UK road network faces critical problems over the next decade.» red de carreteras = road network .
Example: The UK road network faces critical problems over the next decade.» reparación en carretera = roadside repairs .
Example: If roadside repairs aren't possible, however, the service arranges a tow.» salirse de la carretera = go off + the road ; come off + the road .
Example: Suddenly, the smell struck his nostrils -- the pungency of processed corn syrup, as if the car had gone off the road and fallen into the neck of a gigantic bottle of syrup. Example: A man has died after his car came off the road, hit and wall and overturned.» seguridad en la carretera = driving safety .
Example: The bibliography presents studies on the use of various communications media to inform the public on issues, such as mass transportation, driving safety, water resources, health, pollution, and law enforcement.» seguridad en (la) carretera = road safety .
Example: Pedestrian crossings are provided to improve road safety for pedestrians when crossing a road.» señal de carretera = road sign .
Example: The same set of standardized road signs are used all over Europe.» señalización de carreteras = road signage .
Example: One thing to note when driving in this area is that the road signage is rather poor and inadequate.» transporte por carretera = road transport ; road haulage .
Example: Into this category would come the regulations covering social provisions in respect of road transport, such as drivers' hours and the use of tachographs, which have an impact on the provision of public transport. Example: Christa Kranzl, the Austrian Transport Secretary, said complete denationalisation of road haulage would harm competition.» viaje por carretera = road trip .
Example: I've eaten Burger King onion rings on road trips and they always hit the spot.» víctima de la carretera = road casualty .
Example: In spite of the fact that over 98% of roads are minor roads, over 90% of all barn owl road casualties are found dead on major roads (such as motorways and dual carriageways).