carrera
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See also: Carrera
Etymology
From Late Latin (via) carrāria, from Latin carrus.
Pronunciation
Noun
carrera f (plural carreres)
Related terms
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin (via) carrāria, from Latin carrus. Compare Occitan carrièra.
Pronunciation
Noun
carrera f (plural carreres)
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- “carrera” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Pronunciation
Verb
carrera
- third-person singular simple future of carrer
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin (via) carrāria, from Latin carrus. Cognate with English career.
Pronunciation
Noun
carrera f (plural carreras)
- race
- Es una carrera contra el tiempo.
- It's a race against time.
- run (act of running)
- (baseball) run
- (academics) course of study
- Es una carrera de cuatro años.
- The course takes four years to complete.
- Estoy haciendo la carrera de sociología.
- I'm majoring in sociology.
- career
- El escándalo arruinó su carrera.
- The scandal ruined his career.
- run (line of knit stitches which have unravelled)
- Tienes una carrera en las medias.
- Your pantyhose has a run in it.
- journey, fare (of a taxi)
- 2020 October 26, “España se vacía la primera noche del toque de queda”, in El País:
- Siempre trabaja de noche y no cambió su rutina pese a las circunstancias. Llevaba tres horas dando vueltas por la ciudad sin recoger a ningún cliente. “Llevo cero carreras”, dijo. “Estoy por volverme a casa”.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- path (of a moving object), trajectory
- (Colombia) avenue generally in a north–south direction and vice versa, as opposed to a calle (east–west or vice versa)
Derived terms
- a carrera abierta
- a carrera tendida
- a la carrera
- carrera armamentista
- carrera de baquetas
- carrera de gamos
- carrera de Indias
- carrera de relevos
- carrera del sol
- carrera espacial
- carrera judicial
- carrerilla
- carrerista
- carrerita
- carrerucha
- cubrir la carrera
- estar en carrera
- hacer carrera
- partir de carrera
Related terms
Noun
carrera f (plural carreras)
- female equivalent of carrero
Further reading
- “carrera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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