autovía
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Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
autovía f (plural autovías)
- (Spain, Argentina) dual carriageway, divided highway
- Coordinate term: autopista
Usage notes
- In Spain, the autovías never have a toll, and the autopistas usually have a toll. The autovías are of poorer quality than the autopistas, with sharper/tighter curves and steeper slopes, and often with shorter exit lanes that do not meet the minimum length required on autopistas. It is even possible to find bus stops on the autovía itself.
Further reading
- “autovía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28