street

calle

Vía de una ciudad o pueblo, con edificios a los lados y espacio para caminar.

En inglés sencillo: A road in a town or city, with buildings beside it and places for people to walk.

• Our street is quiet.
• They walked down the street together.
• There are three cafés on this street.

Sinónimos: road

Expresiones frecuentes: busy street, across the street, down the street

calle, calzada

Parte de una vía de un pueblo o ciudad por la que circulan los vehículos.

En inglés sencillo: The part of a road in a town or village that vehicles travel on.

• The street was wet.
• A car stopped in the middle of the street.
• Look both ways before you cross the street.

Sinónimos: road, roadway

Expresiones frecuentes: cross the street, in the street, street surface

calle, mercado negro

Medio no oficial, a menudo ilegal, donde se consiguen productos, sobre todo drogas.

En inglés sencillo: An unofficial, often illegal source of goods, especially drugs.

• He bought the pills on the street.
• These drugs are easy to find on the street.
• She warned him against buying medicine off the street.

Sinónimos: black market

Expresiones frecuentes: on the street, off the street, street drugs