carrera

Inherited from Late Latin (cammīnus) carrārius. Compare Catalan carrer and Occitan carrièra (Gascon "carrera"), from Latin carrus.

• IPA^(key): /kaˈreɾa/
• Syllabification: ca‧rre‧ra
• Rhymes: -eɾa

carrera f

1. street
2. road

• carrerón

From Late Latin (via) carrāria, from Latin carrus.

• IPA^(key): /kaˈreɾa/ [kaˈre.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: ca‧rre‧ra

carrera f (plural carreres)

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

• carru

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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəˈre.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kaˈre.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Hyphenation: car‧re‧ra

carrera f (plural carreres)

1. way, route
2. race

   Synonym: cursa

3. run (US), ladder (UK)

   Synonym: rega

4. career

• carrerada

• carrer
• carro

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

• IPA^(key): /ka.ʁə.ʁa/
• Homophone: carreras

carrera

1. third-person singular simple future of carrer

Inherited from Late Latin (via) carrāria, from Latin carrus. Cognate with English career.

• IPA^(key): /kaˈreɾa/ [kaˈre.ɾa]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: ca‧rre‧ra

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. (education) college degree, major, main course of study

   Ella está haciendo la carrera de sociología.

   She's getting a degree in sociology.

   Es una carrera de cuatro años.

   The course takes four years to complete.

   No sé qué carrera escoger.

   I don't know which major to choose.

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^[1]:

     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)

carrera f (plural carreras)

1. female equivalent of carrero

• “carrera”, 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