pista de rolamento

Portuguese

Etymology

Literally, “rolling track”.

Noun

pista de rolamento f (plural pistas de rolamento)

  1. carriageway, roadway (part of a road that carries traffic)
    • 1988 September 17, Cassiano Arruda Câmara, “Estreiteza [Narrowness]”, in Diário de Natal, volume XLVIII, number 185, Natal, Roda Viva, page 4:
      A administração municipal cada dia faz uma presepada. […] Decidiu calçar a rua, mas, como a verba encurtou, decidiram estreitar a pista de rolamento, cuja área calçada ficou com apenas sete metros. E enlargueceu as calçadas.
      The municipal administration pulls off a blunder every day. […] It decided to pave the street, but when funds ran short, it chose to narrow the roadway, leaving the asphalted area only seven meters wide. And it widened the sidewalks.
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