corduroy road in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for corduroy road in the English»Spanish Dictionary

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corduroy [Am ˈkɔrdəˌrɔɪ, Brit ˈkɔːdərɔɪ, ˈkɔːdjʊrɔɪ] N

road [Am roʊd, Brit rəʊd] N

1. road (for vehicles):

road (in town)
calle f
road (out of town)
carretera f
road (minor)
camino m
is this the road to Boston?
¿éste es el camino/la carretera que va a Boston?
is this the road to Boston?
¿por aquí se va a Boston?
the Cambridge road
la carretera (que va) a Cambridge
the Cambridge road
la carretera de Cambridge
five miles down the road
a cinco millas siguiendo la carretera/el camino
a factory just down the road (from here)
una fábrica que hay aquí muy cerca
a factory just down the road (from here)
una fábrica que hay aquí nomás LatAm
there's a baker's over or across the road
enfrente or al otro lado de la calle hay una panadería
the people from over the road Brit
los de enfrente
the house is set back a mile or so from the road
la casa está como a una milla de la carretera
a major/minor road
una carretera principal/secundaria
a dirt road
un camino sin pavimentar
it's good road all the way now
de aquí en adelante el camino es bueno
by road
por carretera
by road
por tierra
my car's off the road Brit
tengo el coche fuera de circulación or averiado
to take to the road
empezar a vagar por los caminos
“road closed”
“carretera cerrada”
“road narrows”
“estrechamiento de calzada or carretera”
to have one for the road inf
tomarse la del estribo or la penúltima
all roads lead to Rome
todos los caminos conducen or llevan a Roma
all roads lead to Rome attr accident
de tráfico
all roads lead to Rome attr accident
de tránsito LatAm
road junction
cruce m de carreteras
road mender
peón m caminero
road racing (in car)
carreras fpl automovilísticas (en carretera)
road racing (on foot)
carrera f a pie por carretera
road repairs
obras fpl en la carretera
road traffic accident
accidente m de circulación,
road traffic accident
accidente de tráfico
road traffic accident
accidente de tránsito LatAm
road transport
transporte m por carretera

3. road:

on the road the car's been on the road for ten years
el coche tiene diez años de uso
a rattletrap like that shouldn't be on the road
un cacharro como ese no debería estar en circulación
he shouldn't be on the road
no debería manejar
he shouldn't be on the road
no debería conducir Spain
we've been on the road for four days
llevamos cuatro días viajando
they were on the road before six
se pusieron en camino antes de las seis
they were on the road before six
antes de las seis ya estaban en camino
the exhibition will go on the road in March
la exposición iniciará una gira en marzo
to take a circus/band on the road
llevar un circo/un grupo de gira
let's get this show on the road inf
pongamos manos a la obra
let's get this show on the road inf
pongámonos en movimiento

4. road <roads, pl > → roadstead

See also roadstead

roadstead [Am ˈroʊdstɛd, Brit ˈrəʊdstɛd] N

corduroy road in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for corduroy road in the English»Spanish Dictionary

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corduroy [ˈkɔ:dərɔɪ, Am ˈkɔ:r-] N no pl

American English

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It was a row of logs, 220 metres long, making up what was once a corduroy road.
news.nationalpost.com
It was like driving over icy corduroy roads every day for weeks on end.
thechronicleherald.ca
At numerous portages, corduroy roads had to be constructed.
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Even after the horrendous first night, the fire still smouldered in places, burning in fallen logs and dry stumps and creeping through the logs of the corduroy roads.
www.ottawacommunitynews.com
The ruins of what might have been a corduroy road are visible in the creek.
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Corduroy roads provided a means for early land vehicles to cross over muskeg and swamp.
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A corduroy road was built to restore the route, and corduroy still underlays old sections of highway in the area.
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The result was a more solid but very bumpy surface that was referred to as a corduroy road.
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Bridges had to be built, corduroy roads made for the passage of trains.
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The first roads were corduroy roads; to build these, logs of all sizes were placed across the road.
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