carrera

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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)

  1. run
  2. race (contest)
  3. career
  4. alley
  5. degree (in higher education)

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin (via) carrāria, from Latin carrus. Compare Occitan carrièra.

Pronunciation

Noun

carrera f (plural carreres)

  1. race
  2. run (US), ladder (UK)
    Synonym: rega
  3. career

Derived terms

References

  • “carrera” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Pronunciation

Verb

carrera

  1. 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/
  • Audio (Venezuela):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɾa
  • Syllabification: ca‧rre‧ra

Noun

carrera f (plural carreras)

  1. race
    Es una carrera contra el tiempo.
    It's a race against time.
  2. run (act of running)
  3. (baseball) run
  4. (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.
  5. career
    El escándalo arruinó su carrera.
    The scandal ruined his career.
  6. run (line of knit stitches which have unravelled)
    Tienes una carrera en las medias.
    Your pantyhose has a run in it.
  7. 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”.
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  8. path (of a moving object), trajectory
  9. (Colombia) avenue generally in a north–south direction and vice versa, as opposed to a calle (east–west or vice versa)

Derived terms

Noun

carrera f (plural carreras)

  1. female equivalent of carrero

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