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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. In Spanish-speaking countries, a wagon-road or highway.

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  • “Revolucion Street going down the hill to the carretera is a major stream.”

    Lake Chapala Update, 08/13/04

  • “I understand, Camille but what Dawg is talking about here is the slimeballs working the carretera from the Llibramiento through Ajijic.”

    Disgusting Thieves

  • “In the hillside Park Guell (carretera del Carmel), kids can actually climb on his sculptures.”

    The Wall Street Journal: Off The Beaten Track: Barcelona

  • “So I rode out of Riobamba on a hired mount along the desert trail which leads to Ambato, from which the carretera starts for Quito.”

    Head Hunters of the Amazon: Seven Years of Exploration and Adventure

  • “In those days, before the light railway from Guayaquil to Quito was built, a stage-coach ran from Ambato to the Capital along the carretera, on which were built, at ten-mile intervals, relay stations.”

    Head Hunters of the Amazon: Seven Years of Exploration and Adventure

  • “What's _carretera accidentada_ mean?" said my sister, looking up from the Michelin Guide.”

    Jonah and Co.

  • “The main reason for going to Linares was because the Cherub believed there was a fair hotel, built to accommodate Englishmen collected for the lead-mining; therefore it was without regret that we turned the Gloria to follow the _carretera_ to Cordoba.”

    The Car of Destiny

  • “We now began to descend the valley by a broad and excellent _carretera_, or carriage road, which was cut out of the steep side of the mountain on our right.”

    Letters of George Borrow to the British and Foreign Bible Society

  • “We now began to descend the valley by a broad and excellent carretera or carriage road, which was cut out of the steep side of the mountain on our right.”

    The Bible in Spain

  • “Existe una diferencia entre las poblaciones de Santa Rita y Santa Marta 1 y Santa Marta 2, que se encuentran al borde de la carretera antigua a Cochabamba, donde se encuentran viviendas de ladrillo y teja junto a las más sencillas, y las poblaciones campesinas que se encuentran hacia el interior de la montaña, que son puramente de adobe y motacú, con condiciones mucho más sencillas, donde no llegan el agua y la luz.”

    Kiva Loans

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