carrera

Meaning

degree course; career

Example

He finished his law degree at twenty-four.

A way to remember it

Same root as English "career", which first meant a "racecourse": a life's run. Not carretera, "road".

Word forms

The spellings this word turns up in. There are 1 of them.

More words at level B1

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• cifra figure, number
• compañía company
• complicado complicated
• comprobar to check, to verify
• conseguir to get, to obtain
• consejo piece of advice
• contratar to hire, to contract

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