carreira

Meaning

1. (feminine) way; a path or traditional road, usually large enough for a cart
2. (feminine) career (one's profession)
3. (feminine) degree in higher education
4. (feminine) race
5. (feminine) run (line of stitches that has come undone)
6. (feminine) part or parting (hair)
7. (feminine) purlin
8. (feminine) row
9. (feminine) trail

Pronounced as (IPA)

[kɑˈrei̯ɾɐ]

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese carreira, from Early Medieval Latin via carrāria, from Latin carrus, from Gaulish *karros, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós, from *ḱers- (“to run”).

Sentences

Alí comezou a súa carreira como xornalista .

There he began his career as a journalist.

Pasou toda a súa carreira na Universidade de Manchester.

He spent his entire career at the University of Manchester.

A carreira non se suspendeu.

The race was not suspended.

O domingo celébrase a carreira .

On Sunday, the race was held.

A carreira decidiríase coa suma dos tempos de ambas partes da carreira .

The race would be decided by the sum of the times of both parts of the race.

Trátase dun dos destinos clásicos desta carreira ciclista .

It is one of the classic destinations of this cycling race.