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carretera - feminine noun (la) - highway. Look up carretera in the dictionary

Los baches en la carretera son muy peligrosos.
Potholes in the highway are very dangerous.
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Old August 02, 2008, 08:24 AM
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This is a discussion thread for the Daily Spanish Word for August 2, 2008

carretera - feminine noun (la) - highway. Look up carretera in the dictionary

Los baches en la carretera son muy peligrosos.
Potholes in the highway are very dangerous.
I can't believe it, Daily Word. You always run into the same pothole!

I'm needing a punisher smiley.
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I can't believe it, Daily Word. You always run into the same pothole!

I'm needing a punisher smiley.
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I can't believe it, Daily Word. You always run into the same pothole!

I'm needing a punisher smiley.
I am but a lowly machine. Please have pity on me.

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I actually went looking for a smilie depicting punishment, but couldn't find anything...
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The highway in my country has a lot of potholes
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The highway in my contry has a lot of potholes, and I've used these highway widely in this year, it're dangerous.
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The highway in my contry has a lot of potholes, and I've used these highway widely in this year, it're dangerous.

Here is the correct way to write what you posted:

The highways in my country have a lot of potholes, and I've used these highways extensively in this year. They're dangerous.

carreteras = highways
A plural subject needs a plural form of the verb (have instead of has).
The contraction it're doesn't exist. You should have used they're (they are) instead, because the subject (highways) is plural and so is its pronoun (they).
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I am but a lowly machine. Please have pity on me.

(And don't say anything to Tomisimo. Capaz que me corra del trabajo. )
Who said she was a robot? She's got feelings!
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I actually went looking for a smilie depicting punishment, but couldn't find anything...
The guy banging his head against the wall would do quite nicely here.
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