cross country

• Término que describe un viaje, desplazamiento o competición que tiene lugar por campo abierto en lugar de por carreteras o pistas, usado a menudo en contextos de carrera, esquí o conducción.

A term describing travel, movement, or competition that takes place across open countryside rather than on roads or tracks, often used in running, skiing, or driving contexts.

1. Running over natural terrainB1formal

   A sport in which participants run long distances over fields, hills, and other natural terrain, not on a track.

   campo a través

   • She joined the cross country team at school.
   • The cross country race was held in the forest.
   • He trains every morning for cross country.

2. Travel across a countryB1formal

   Traveling from one side of a country to the other, often by car, train, or plane.

   Travesía por el país

   • They went on a cross country road trip last summer.
   • The cross country flight took over six hours.
   • We drove cross country to visit my grandparents.