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Desmond November 11, 2015 03:11 AM

Service station
 
In England at points along the motorway we have service stations. What would they be in Spain as in this...


There is the service station

poli November 11, 2015 06:04 AM

gasolinera

A full service place with food establishments and travel goods stores probably has a different name which I don't know.

AngelicaDeAlquezar November 11, 2015 07:01 AM

Poli is right; the most common name is "gasolinera".
Depending on the region, it can be "gasolinería".
And the more formal name is "estación de servicio", which is not widely used.

poli November 11, 2015 08:20 AM

I don't know the word for rest stop in Spanish. These are gas stations along major highways with shops and fast food establishments and bathrooms. A direct translation is parada de descanso, but I am not sure that's the term you would see on the autopista/autovía.

AngelicaDeAlquezar November 11, 2015 09:02 AM

They're all "gasolineras"/"gasolinerías" in Mexico. They're usually always accompanied by a convenience store and bathrooms (in the cities too). Some road ones have small food businesses and showers, and big yards for trucks.

Sancho Panther September 29, 2016 10:26 AM

It's of no significance at all, I do know that but I can never quite get my head around why our former colonials insist on calling the lavatory (toilet, W.C. etc.) the bathroom, where am I'm 99% certain that facilities offered therein do not include a bath at all!

I recall as a child in the early days of TV seeing programmes like "Dragnet", "Dr Kildare", "I Love Lucy" etc. etc. hearing someone in a burger-joint say "Junior's just gone to the bathroom" and thinking "You can have a bath in a snack-bar in the US?. Amazing!".


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