autopista

autopista (plural autopistas)

1. A controlled-access highway in various Spanish-speaking countries.

• IPA^(key): /au̯toˈpista/ [au̯.t̪oˈpis̪.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ista
• Hyphenation: au‧to‧pis‧ta

autopista f (plural autopistes)

1. motorway, freeway

From auto +‎ pista.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˌaw.tuˈpis.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˌaw.toˈpis.ta]

autopista f (plural autopistes)

1. motorway, freeway

• “autopista”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

From auto- +‎ pista.

• IPA^(key): /ˌaw.toˈpis.ta/
• Rhymes: -ista
• Hyphenation: au‧to‧pì‧sta

autopista f (plural autopiste)

1. race track (at a fairground)

• autopista in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

From auto +‎ pista.

• IPA^(key): /autoˈpista/ [au̯.t̪oˈpis.t̪a]

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• Rhymes: -ista
• Syllabification: au‧to‧pis‧ta

autopista f (plural autopistas)

1. motorway, freeway

   Coordinate term: autovía

• 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.

• “autopista”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024