carrera
Meanings
Noun
1. race
2. run (act of running)
3. run (baseball)
4. college degree, major, main course of study (education)
5. career
6. run (line of knit stitches which have unravelled)
7. journey, fare (of a taxi)
8. path (of a moving object), trajectory
9. avenue generally in a north–south direction and vice versa, as opposed to a calle (east–west or vice versa) (Colombia)
Examples126
Es una carrera de cuatro años.
The course takes four years to complete.
El escándalo arruinó su carrera.
The scandal ruined his career.
Ella está haciendo la carrera de sociología.
She's getting a degree in sociology.
No sé qué carrera escoger.
I don't know which major to choose.
Tienes una carrera en las medias.
Your pantyhose has a run in it.
Es una carrera contra el tiempo.
It's a race against time.