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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