carrera
See also: Carrera
Asturian edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin (via) carrāria, from Latin carrus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
carrera f (plural carreres)
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Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Late Latin (via) carrāria, from Latin carrus. Compare Occitan carrièra.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəˈre.ɾə]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [kaˈre.ɾa]
- Rhymes: -eɾa
- Hyphenation: car‧re‧ra
Noun edit
carrera f (plural carreres)
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References edit
- “carrera” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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Verb edit
carrera
- third-person singular simple future of carrer
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Late Latin (via) carrāria, from Latin carrus. Cognate with English career.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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[1]:
- 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”.
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- 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)
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Noun edit
carrera f (plural carreras)
- female equivalent of carrero
Further reading edit
- “carrera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014