"Strada merge spre centru."

Translation: The street goes towards the center.

[cosmo-pedant]

What is the difference between "catre" and "spre"?

[Sossy18]

For this sentence there is no difference. Către and Spre are synonyms. For more details see https://dexonline.ro/definitie/spre

[Kkcat3]

Centre not accepted

[BenYoung84]

It is now

[Geo636114]

Downtown not accepted.

[Renardo_11]

⚐ Reporting is always accepted. ☺

[olb38]

"To the center " was not accepted - is it correct !?

[Renardo_11]

In my understanding (not a native speaker of English, obviously) “towards” means that the street goes in the direction of the center, possibly without reaching it. “To the center” means that it actually reaches the center.

I would translate “to the center” by “la centru” instead of “spre centru.” Of course the second does not exclude the first, as in English.

[Sophia666975]

street and road should be interchangeable

[Renardo_11]

Maybe they should be. But they aren't. I know that problem from my own native language.

• A street is “a thoroughfare especially in a city, town, or village … that usually includes sidewalks” (Merriam-Webster)
• A road is “an open way for vehicles, persons, and animals” (Merriam-Webster)

I am not so sure about Romanian but I would roughly translate street by stradă and road by drum or maybe rută.

[GrantHanha]

Excellent reply Renardo

[j.p.haaleb]

why is spre centru translated as to THE centre/// i used centrul but was rated wrong. to my opinion the def article THE ( in english) is not shown in Romanian

[Renardo_11]

As far as I know most Romanian prepositions are generally used without the definite article. An exception is “cu” (with), where the article is often found.