Carreteras

Roads

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Tipos de carretera

Types of road


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a minor road una carretera secundaria ‘Our sat nav took us on a number of minor roads to get here, so it took us longer than expected.’

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a main road una carretera principal ‘Our offices are located close to the main road between Brighton and Gatwick.’

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a dual carriageway una carretera de doble calzada ‘It’s quicker to take the dual carriageway to the port.’

American English = ‘a divided highway’

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a motorway una autopista ‘There are long delays on the motorway, so I suggest you take an alternative route.’

American English = ‘a freeway’
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a minor road
una carretera secundaria
‘Our sat nav took us on a number of minor roads to get here, so it took us longer than expected.’

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a main road
una carretera principal
‘Our offices are located close to the main road between Brighton and Gatwick.’

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a dual carriageway
una carretera de doble calzada
‘It’s quicker to take the dual carriageway to the port.’

American English = ‘a divided highway’

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a motorway
una autopista
‘There are long delays on the motorway, so I suggest you take an alternative route.’

American English = ‘a freeway’

En la autopista

On the motorway


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a central reservation una mediana ‘There’s a lot of litter in the central reservation.’

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a hard shoulder un arcén ‘I think the car has a flat tyre. I’ll pull onto the hard shoulder.’

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a lane un carril ‘Stay in the left lane at the junction to turn left onto Station Road.’

This is in the sense of a lane on a motorway or dual carriageway. ‘A lane’ is also used for a small road typically in the countryside.

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a motorway service station un área de servicios de autopista ‘This is the last motorway service station for thirty miles.’

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a central reservation
una mediana
‘There’s a lot of litter in the central reservation.’

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a hard shoulder
un arcén
‘I think the car has a flat tyre. I’ll pull onto the hard shoulder.’

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a lane
un carril
‘Stay in the left lane at the junction to turn left onto Station Road.’

This is in the sense of a lane on a motorway or dual carriageway. ‘A lane’ is also used for a small road typically in the countryside.

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a motorway service station
un área de servicios de autopista
‘This is the last motorway service station for thirty miles.’

Carreteras

Roads


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a cat's eye una tacha reflectiva ‘The fog was pretty bad, but the cat's eyes made it easier to see where the road was.’

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a junction un cruce ‘Go straight over the junction then turn right at the petrol station.’

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a one-way street una calle de un solo sentido ‘You can’t turn left here - it’s a one-way street.’

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a pedestrian crossing un paso de peatones ‘It’s safer to use the pedestrian crossing further down the road.’

This is also known as a ‘pelican crossing’.

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a petrol station una gasolinera ‘Are there any petrol stations near here? I’m running low on petrol.’

American English = ‘a gas station’

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a pothole un bache ‘We hit a pothole on the way here. I think the wheel is damaged.’

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a road sign una señal de tráfico ‘There are a lot of road signs at the junction, it’s quite confusing.’

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a roundabout una rotonda ‘Our head office is located just off the roundabout at the end of the dual carriageway.’

American English = ‘a traffic circle’

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a slip road un desvío ‘Take the slip road onto the motorway.’

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a speed camera una cámara de control de velocidad ‘There are a number of speed cameras on the dual carriageway.’

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a street light una farola ‘There are no street lights along this stretch of road.’

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traffic lights semáforo ‘The traffic lights have stopped working so there are long delays.’

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a zebra crossing un paso de cebra ‘The new zebra crossing has made it safer to cross the road.’

American English = ‘a cross walk’
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a cat's eye
una tacha reflectiva
‘The fog was pretty bad, but the cat's eyes made it easier to see where the road was.’

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a junction
un cruce
‘Go straight over the junction then turn right at the petrol station.’

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a one-way street
una calle de un solo sentido
‘You can’t turn left here - it’s a one-way street.’

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a pedestrian crossing
un paso de peatones
‘It’s safer to use the pedestrian crossing further down the road.’

This is also known as a ‘pelican crossing’.

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a petrol station
una gasolinera
‘Are there any petrol stations near here? I’m running low on petrol.’

American English = ‘a gas station’

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a pothole
un bache
‘We hit a pothole on the way here. I think the wheel is damaged.’

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a road sign
una señal de tráfico
‘There are a lot of road signs at the junction, it’s quite confusing.’

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a roundabout
una rotonda
‘Our head office is located just off the roundabout at the end of the dual carriageway.’

American English = ‘a traffic circle’

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a slip road
un desvío
‘Take the slip road onto the motorway.’

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a speed camera
una cámara de control de velocidad
‘There are a number of speed cameras on the dual carriageway.’

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a street light
una farola
‘There are no street lights along this stretch of road.’

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traffic lights
semáforo
‘The traffic lights have stopped working so there are long delays.’

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a zebra crossing
un paso de cebra
‘The new zebra crossing has made it safer to cross the road.’

American English = ‘a cross walk’



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