highway

carretera principal, autopista

Carretera importante que conecta lugares, a menudo con varios carriles para circular a gran velocidad.

En inglés sencillo: A main road between places, often with several lanes for fast traffic.

• We took the highway to the city.
• There was heavy traffic on the highway.
• Leave the highway at the next exit.

Sinónimos: main road

Expresiones frecuentes: major highway, highway exit, divided highway

carretera, vía pública

Camino abierto al público, especialmente una carretera grande para vehículos.

En inglés sencillo: A road that the public can use, especially a large road for cars.

• The highway runs past our town.
• Workers are repairing the public highway.
• Several highways connect these small towns.

Sinónimos: road, public road

Expresiones frecuentes: public highway, busy highway, highway traffic

camino, vía

Manera de actuar o vivir que conduce a un resultado determinado.

En inglés sencillo: A course of action or life that leads toward a particular result.

• She was on a highway to success.
• They feared the policy was a highway to disaster.
• His ambition put him on the highway to greatness.

Cómo se usa: highway to something (He saw the scholarship as a highway to success.)

Sinónimos: path, road, route

Expresiones frecuentes: highway to success, highway to ruin