autopista

/autoˈpista/

la noun A2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: core. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
las autopistas

Meaning

  1. motorway

    Built from auto (motor) + pista (track).

    • Tomamos la autopista hacia el sur.

      We took the motorway south.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Made of

  • auto motor
  • pista track

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

autoestrada

autoestrada is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "motorway."

Practice

1 What does autopista mean?

2 Fill the gap: Tomamos la ___ hacia el sur.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches autopista?

nouncompound

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