carrera
التعريفات والمعاني
== Aragonese ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Late Latin (cammīnus) carrārius. Compare Catalan carrer and Occitan carrièra (Gascon "carrera"), from Latin carrus.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /kaˈreɾa/
Syllabification: ca‧rre‧ra
Rhymes: -eɾa
=== Noun ===
carrera f
street
road
==== Derived terms ====
carrerón
== Asturian ==
=== Etymology ===
From Late Latin (via) carrāria, from Latin carrus.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /kaˈreɾa/ [kaˈre.ɾa]
Rhymes: -eɾa
Syllabification: ca‧rre‧ra
=== Noun ===
carrera f (plural carreres)
run
race (contest)
career
alley
degree (in higher education)
==== Related terms ====
carru
== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Late Latin (via) carrāria, from Latin carrus. Compare Occitan carrièra.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Northern) [kəˈre̞.ɾə]
IPA(key): (Balearic, Central) [kəˈre.ɾə]
IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [kaˈre.ɾa]
Rhymes: -eɾa
Hyphenation: car‧re‧ra
=== Noun ===
carrera f (plural carreres)
way, route
race
Synonym: cursa
run (US), ladder (UK)
Synonym: rega
career
==== Derived terms ====
carrerada
==== Related terms ====
carrer
carro
=== References ===
Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “carrera”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
== French ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ka.ʁə.ʁa/
Homophone: carreras
=== 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/ [kaˈre.ɾa]
Rhymes: -eɾa
Syllabification: ca‧rre‧ra
=== Noun ===
carrera f (plural carreras)
race
run (act of running)
(baseball) run
(education) college degree, major, main course of study
career
run (line of knit stitches which have unravelled)
journey, fare (of a taxi)
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)
==== Derived terms ====
==== Related terms ====
=== Noun ===
carrera f (plural carreras)
female equivalent of carrero
=== Further reading ===
“carrera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025