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autoescuela

driving school

noun ow-toh-es-KWEH-lah Rare
Travel & Places Transportation

Usage Note

Autoescuela (f) is the standard Spanish term for a driving school. The compound auto- + escuela is written as one word. In Latin America escuela de manejo or escuela de conducción are regional alternatives. Students at an autoescuela study for both the theory exam (examen teórico) and the practical driving test (examen práctico).

Examples

"Me apunté a la autoescuela el mes pasado."

Natural Translation

I signed up at the driving school last month.

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