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circuito

circuit

noun seer-KOO-ee-toh Less Common

Origin: From Latin circuitus (a going around).

Also means

lap

Usage Note

Circuito covers an electrical circuit (circuito eléctrico), a racing circuit or track (el circuito de Fórmula 1), and a tour or route (un circuito turístico, a sightseeing tour). The phrase corto circuito (short circuit) is often written as one word cortocircuito in modern orthography. The adjective circular shares the same Latin root meaning 'round'.

Examples

"El piloto completó veinte vueltas en el circuito."

Natural Translation

The driver completed twenty laps on the circuit.

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