What's the difference between corridor, path, lane and aisle?

Question

I was doing some exercises and I found this question, but I'm not a native speaker and when I traslate the words the options seems the same to me. I mean, the same meaning.

So, I was wondering if anyone can help with this and tell me what's the very difference. Thanks a lot.

Welcome to SpanishDict. - rac1, Feb 12, 2017

Answer 1

Welcome to the forum. I am from the UK but hopefully the usuage is similar to the USA. aisle/corridor. I think of an aisle as a pathway between rows of seats or in a supermarket. Effectively there is an open part between the aisle and the ceiling. Brides in churches go down the aisle. In supermarkets each grouping of shelves is describes as an aisle and in theatres and cinemas. In a plane if you ask for an aisle seat you want the one on the outside edge ie not the middle or window. Corridor I would use for large buildings, not usually your home. Generally there is a wall either side of the corridor in eg hospitals, trains, schools and hotels. It can also be used for a protective space eg an air corridor where planes can keep a particular path over land. or to describe a narrow area of development beside a road. Here is a previous answer

previous answer

path In the UK we sometimes say 'stay on the path' when we want someone to stay on the pavement/sidewalk. I think of path generally as a narrow passage eg footpath, coastal path etc Here is a definition in the Oxford Advanced learner's dictionary.

path As you see it can also apply to flight paths

Lane I live on a lane. It sounds like a small street often in the country. However, my house is in a small cul de sac with other homes in a small town. The builders decided to call it a lane. To me lanes have very little traffic or are traffic free. Lane is also used for a marked out track in a pool or running track or on a very wide road - where you refer to getting in lane.

Here is the explanation in the dictionary

lane

Buena suerte

Sounds to me like we use them the same. :) - bosquederoble, Feb 12, 2017

we don't refer to corridors in the house. We use hall or hallway - Mardle, Feb 12, 2017

Same, but we will use hall for a corridor. :) - bosquederoble, Feb 12, 2017

Answer 2

There are definitely areas where there is overlap. And different people may differ.

Looking at pictures can be helpful.

Lane:

Normally I use lane for two things- a narrow road, usually in the country, that carries vehicles:

or =carril:

Aisle:

I usually use this for a passage between things that are not walls:

Corridor:

Often the same as a hall- a passage bound by walls, but usually long:

Path

Many meanings but probably matches sendero well, also symbolically like camino

This I put for path, but it could also be a lane

There are usages that will not fit within these- like air corridor which of course has no walls. But what I put above are basics.

Photos that is the way to go. - Mardle, Feb 12, 2017

Todavía tengo dificultad con la diferencia entre senda y sendero. Hay poca, lo sé, pero se me dificulta siempre usar la palabra apropiada. - Daniela2041, Feb 13, 2017

Thank's a lot. The information was really useful. - Mayelet91, Feb 15, 2017

Answer 3

Sometimes, there are words in languages that do not have a direct translation. These words are synonyms and have similar meanings so I would assume that you can use them interchangeably. For path and lane you can use 'camino', which also means road or way. And for aisle and corridor you could use 'pasillo' which can also mean hall.

Answer 4

Corridor, path, lane, y aisle.

It depends on what you mean. For hiking I would say "sendero". On the highway it's "vía". At the grocery it's "pasillo". In the road of life it's "sendero" or "destino". It's 'corredor" to go from the back door to the garden. The "path to knowledge" would be "camino". "Hallway" is "pasillo". Espero que te ayude esta explicación.