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"Road" is a noun which is often translated as "la carretera", and "trail" is a noun which is often translated as "el sendero". Learn more about the difference between "road" and "trail" below.
road(
rod
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (transport)
a. la carretera (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
The road to Avonlea is beautiful in the spring.La carretera a Avonlea está preciosa en primavera.
2. (street)
3. (track)
a. el camino (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
There are wildflowers all along the road that goes from the cabin to town.Hay flores silvestres a lo largo del camino que va de la cabaña al pueblo.
4. (way)
5. (figurative) (course of action)
A phrase used as a figure of speech or a word that is symbolic in meaning; metaphorical (e.g., carrot, bean).
a. el camino (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
The good news is that the country is well on the road to economic recovery.La buena noticia es que el país está en camino hacia la recuperación económica.
roads
A plural noun indicates that there is more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
trail(
treyl
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (path)
a. el sendero (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Follow the trail to get to the highway.Sigue el sendero para llegar a la carretera.
d. la pista (F) (for skiing)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Before we went skiing every morning, we studied a map with the trails.Todas las mañanas, antes de salir a esquiar, estudiábamos un mapa con las pistas.
2. (trace)
b. la pista (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Even though they have not caught the suspect, police say they are on his trail.Aunque no han alcanzado al sospechoso, la policía dice que está sobre su pista.
3. (wake)
b. el reguero (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
World War II left a trail of crimes against humanity in its path.La Segunda Guerra Mundial dejó un reguero de crímenes contra la humanidad a su paso.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
4. (to drag)
a. arrastrar
Fran trailed her blanket around everywhere when she was a baby.Fran arrastraba su cobija por todos lados cuando era bebé.
5. (to follow)
b. seguir el rastro
She allowed her eyes to trail the man for only a second.Permitió que sus ojos siguieran el rastro del hombre solo por un segundo.
a. ir a la zaga
The local team trails its rival in the national rankings.El equipo local va a la zaga de su rival en la clasificación nacional.
7. (to dirty)
a. dejar
Take your boots off; you're trailing mud all over the carpet!Quítate las botas; ¡estás dejando lodo por todo el tapete!
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
8. (to drag)
a. arrastrar
Zeke's bat trailed behind him as he trudged home after losing the game.El bate de Zeke arrastraba detrás de él mientras caminaba a casa después de perder el partido.
a. ir a la zaga
At halftime our team was still trailing.A medio tiempo nuestro equipo todavía iba a la zaga.
10. (to dangle)
a. colgar
Vines trail from balconies in New Orleans in the summer.Las parras cuelgan de los balcones en Nueva Orleans en el verano.
a. patear
We trailed around my cousin's new plot of land all morning.Pateamos por el nuevo terreno de mi primo toda la mañana.
