plaza

→ Basque: plaza

→ Bikol Central: plasa

→ English: plaza

→ Thai: พลาซ่า (plaa-sâa)

Semi-learned term taken from Latin platea, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa), clipping of πλατεῖα ὁδός (plateîa hodós, “broad way”). Doublet of platea. Compare Portuguese praça.


boulevard

Unadapted borrowing from French boulevard. Doublet of baluarte.


calle

Chavacano: calle

→ Basque: kale

→ Baure: kaye

→ Hiligaynon: kalye

→ Tagalog: kalye

Inherited from Old Spanish cal, calle, from Latin callem. For the retention/analogical restoration of final /e/ after /ʎ/, compare valle and conversely piel.

rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines


camino

Inherited from Old Spanish camino, from Vulgar Latin or Late Latin cammīnus, from Gaulish; compare Portuguese caminho, Italian cammino or French chemin.

arrieros somos, y en el camino nos encontraremos


acera

→ Cebuano: aseras

From hacera, from facera, from facero, from Latin faciarius, from faciēs (“face”).


vía

Quiero considerar cada posible vía antes de tomar una decisión.

I want to consider every possible avenue before making a decision.


estrada

→ Basque: estrata

Inherited from Old Spanish estrada, from Late Latin strāta (“paved road”), from Latin [via] strāta, feminine of strātus. Doublet of acirate.


paseo

→ English: paseo

promenade (place where one takes a walk for leisure)

walk in the park, stroll in the park (something easy)

(Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico) shoulder (verge to the side of a road)

a summary execution committed as part of the White Terror during the Spanish Civil War


avenida

→ Portuguese: avenida

→ Tagalog: abenida

From avenir + -ida, calque of French avenue.


rotonda

Chavacano: rotonda

→ Tagalog: rotonda


vereda

From Early Medieval Latin verēda (“path, main road”), perhaps from Late Latin verēdus (“light breed of horse”), from Gaulish *werēdos, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *uɸoreidos (compare Welsh gorwydd (“horse”)).


autopista

Coordinate term: autovía


cruce

crossroads, crossing, intersection (a place where one road crosses another; an intersection of two or more roads)


crucero

From cruz + -ero. Compare Portuguese cruzeiro, Galician cruceiro. Doublet of cruzeiro.

2020 July 21, “Conoce las calles y cruceros de la CDMX donde se registran más robos.”, in W Radio:

2021 July 29, “Tijuana cuenta con el crucero más tonto de México”, in Alfredo Alvarez:

2021 July 27, “Muere joven arrollado por camión tras choque de crucero en Escobedo”, in Telediario:

(Mexico) crossing, crossroads, intersection (an intersection where roads cross)


alameda

→ English: Alameda


callejón

→ Tagalog: kalyehon


bulevar

Borrowed from French boulevard, from Middle Dutch bolwerc (“bulwark, bastion”).


semáforo

Borrowed from French sémaphore, from Ancient Greek σῆμα (sêma, “sign”), and -foro derived from -φωρος (-phōros, “bearing, bearer”).


glorieta

Estando ahí, veo en la glorieta ajardinada dos o tres vehículos grises de la Policía Armada.

1997, Pilar Urbano, Yo entré en el Cesid, page 183:

There, I see in the landscaped roundabout two or three gray Armed Police Corps vehicles.

roundabout, traffic circle (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)


encrucijada

Están en una encrucijada.


calle sin salida

es-noun

calle sin salida f (plural calles sin salida)

blind alley, dead-end street, cul-de-sac, impasse (road with no exit)


parquímetro

From parking + -metro, but Hispanicizing parking changing k by qu.


callejón sin salida

callejón sin salida m (plural callejones sin salida)


autovía

Coordinate term: autopista

(Spain, Argentina) dual carriageway, divided highway


Ruta de la Seda

(historical) Silk Road (routes used by silk traders across Europe, Asia and northern Africa)


ciclovía

Le gusta visitar el cerro Santa Ana, el Malecón y pedalear en la ciclovía del parque Samanes.

2016 October 2, “Dos guayaquileños idean las modificaciones viales de hoy”, in El Universo:

(Latin America) bicycle path, cycle path