Road in Spanish
Road in Spanish is carretera (kah-rreh-TEH-rah), or ruta. It's feminine: la carretera, plural las carreteras.
- Spanish
- la carretera
- Say it
- lah kah-rreh-TEH-rah
- Gender
- Feminine: la carretera
- Plural
- las carreteras
- Also said
- la ruta
- Note
- A road between towns.
- Also
- la carretera in Driving Words in Spanish
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Driving and road words in Spanish
The other words in step 4 of Transportation in Spanish.
- la callestreet · lah KAH-yeh
- la autopistahighway · lah ow-toh-PEES-tah
- el semáforotraffic light · el seh-MAH-foh-roh
- el puentebridge · el PWEN-teh
- la esquinacorner · lah ehs-KEE-nah
- el tráficotraffic · el TRAH-fee-koh
- el atascotraffic jam · el ah-TAHS-koh
- la gasolinagas (fuel) · lah gah-soh-LEE-nah
- conducirto drive · kohn-doo-SEER
- estacionarto park · ehs-tah-syoh-NAR
Questions about carretera
How do you say road in Spanish?
Road in Spanish is la carretera. You can also say la ruta. A road between towns. In driving words in spanish, road is la carretera.
How do you pronounce carretera?
Say it kah-rreh-TEH-rah. The syllable in capitals is stressed: TEH. This guide follows Latin American Spanish.
Is carretera masculine or feminine in Spanish?
carretera is feminine, so it takes la: la carretera. The plural is las carreteras.
What does carretera mean in English?
In English, la carretera means road.
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