calle

Definitions of calle
  1. noun
    a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
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    callejuela, callejón, pasaje
    a narrow street with walls on both sides
    Av, Avda, alameda, avenida, avenido, bulevar, carrera, paseo, rambla, vía, zócalo
    a wide street or thoroughfare
    calle mayor, coso
    street that serves as a principal thoroughfare for traffic in a town
    callejuela con antiguas caballerizas reconvertidas en viviendas
    street lined with buildings that were originally private stables but have been remodeled as dwellings
    type of:
    eje, vía pública
    a public road from one place to another
  2. noun
    the streets of a city viewed as a depressed environment in which there is poverty and crime and prostitution and dereliction
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