la señal de tráficotraffic sign · lah seh-NYAHL deh TRAH-fee-koh
Spanish verbs for driving
Conducir and manejar both mean driving a vehicle, with regional preferences. Girar is to turn; adelantar is to overtake.
These infinitives are vocabulary terms. A road sign may instead use a command or a short noun label.
conducirto drive · kohn-doo-SEER
acelerarto accelerate · ah-seh-leh-RAHR
frenarto brake · freh-NAHR
girarto turn · hee-RAHR
adelantarto overtake · ah-deh-lahn-TAHR
estacionarto park · ehs-tah-syoh-NAHR
dar marcha atrásto reverse · dahr MAHR-chah ah-TRAHS
ceder el pasoto yield · seh-DEHR el PAH-soh
Spanish terms for parking and road travel
El atasco is a traffic jam; el peaje is a toll. El límite de velocidad names the speed limit shown on a sign.
Permiso de conducir and licencia de conducir refer to a driver’s license. Exact official document names vary by country.
el atascotraffic jam · el ah-TAHS-koh
el peajetoll · el peh-AH-heh
el límite de velocidadspeed limit · el LEE-mee-teh deh beh-loh-see-DAHD
el permiso de conducirdriver's license · el pehr-MEE-soh deh kohn-doo-SEER
el estacionamientoparking lot · el ehs-tah-syoh-nah-MYEHN-toh
el paso de peatonespedestrian crossing · el PAH-soh deh peh-ah-TOH-nehs
la gasolineragas station · lah gah-soh-lee-NEH-rah
la calle de sentido únicoone-way street · lah KAH-yeh deh sehn-TEE-doh OO-nee-koh
el arcénshoulder (road) · el ahr-SEHN
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Quick answer:road is la carretera, highway is la autopista, street is la calle, lane is el carril, intersection is el cruce, roundabout is la rotonda, traffic light is el semáforo, and traffic sign is la señal de tráfico.
