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Asturian
Etymology
From Late Latin (via) carrāria, from Latin carrus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈreɾa/,
- Rhymes: -eɾa
- Hyphenation: ca‧rre‧ra
Noun
carrera f (plural carreres)
- run
- race (contest)
- career
- alley
- degree (in higher education)
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Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin (via) carrāria, from Latin carrus. Compare Occitan carrièra.
Pronunciation
Noun
carrera f (plural carreres)
- race
- run (US), ladder (UK)
- Synonym: rega
- career
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References
- “carrera” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Pronunciation
Verb
carrera
- third-person singular simple future of carrer
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin (via) carrāria, from Latin carrus. Cognate with English career.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈreɾa/
- Rhymes: -eɾa
- Syllabification: ca‧rre‧ra
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)
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Noun
carrera f (plural carreras)
- female equivalent of carrero
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