What does carretera in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word carretera in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use carretera in Spanish.

The word carretera in Spanish means road, carter, cartwright, boor, roadside assistance, roadside assistance, toll road, road under construction, stretch of road, haulage. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word carretera

road

nombre femenino (vía pública pavimentada)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El paso está cerrado porque el derrumbe obstruyó la carretera.
The road is blocked by a landslide: there is no way through.

carter

nombre masculino (guía carretas)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Emilio, el carretero que encabeza el desfile, ha sido boyero toda su vida.
Emilio, the carter leading the parade, has been an oxherd all his life.

cartwright

nombre masculino (fabricante de carretas)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
En el pueblo de mi madre todavía hay un carretero que tiene un taller a las afueras.
In my Mum's village there's still a cartright with a workshop in the outskirts.

boor

nombre masculino (coloquial (persona soez)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Está blasfemando y faltando el respeto a todo el mundo: se comporta como un carretero.
He goes around swearing and dissing everyone; he's such a boor.

roadside assistance

locución nominal femenina (auxilio)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Las aseguradoras ofrecen a sus clientes el servicio de asistencia en carretera.
Insurance companies offer roadside assistance service to their clients.

roadside assistance

(ayuda en accidentes de tráfico)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

toll road

locución nominal femenina (AmL (con caseta de cobro)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
A las carreteras de cuotas se les da mantenimiento con regularidad.
The toll roads are routinely maintained.

road under construction

locución nominal femenina (no utilizable)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Varios tramos de la carretera en obras de cuatro carriles sólo tienen un carril en funcionamiento.
Various stretches of the four-lane road under construction only had one working lane.

stretch of road

(longitud entre dos puntos)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Tuvieron que dar un rodeo porque se hundió un tramo de la carretera.
They had to make a detour because a stretch of the road had become flooded.

haulage

locución nominal masculina (mercancías o personas)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Los camioneros dan el servicio de transporte por carretera.
ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. The haulage sector is in decline due to increased petrol costs.

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