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feminine

/kaˈreɾa/

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Translation

career, race, degree course

Word origin

From Vulgar Latin carraria (via) ('carriage road'), from Latin carrus ('wheeled wagon'), a word of Gaulish (Celtic) origin. The same root gives English 'career', 'car' and 'cargo'.

Origin: Latin
Root: carraria
English cognates: career, car, cargo

Grammar

Genderfeminine

Pluralcarreras

Examples

He has a brilliant career in the field of medicine.

The race starts in half an hour in front of the park.

Eligió .

She chose a degree course with very good job prospects.

We had a race to the corner and I won.

His political career ended after that television scandal.

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This word is part of lesson 13.