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SPANISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

carrera.

race

7 characters3 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

noun/kaˈreɾa/[kaˈre.ɾa]
  1. race

    feminine
    Es una carrera contra el tiempo.
  2. run (act of running)

    feminine
  3. run

    feminine
  4. college degree, major, main course of study

    feminine
    Ella está haciendo la carrera de sociología.
    Es una carrera de cuatro años.
  5. career

    feminine
    El escándalo arruinó su carrera.
  6. run (line of knit stitches which have unravelled)

    feminine
    Tienes una carrera en las medias.
  7. journey, fare (of a taxi)

    feminine
  8. path (of a moving object), trajectory

    feminine
  9. avenue generally in a north–south direction and vice versa, as opposed to a calle (east–west or vice versa)

    Colombia · feminine
Where this word comes from

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

noun/kaˈreɾa/[kaˈre.ɾa]
  1. female equivalent of carrero

    feminine · form-of
Where this word comes from

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

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.