All Spanish Road Signs Explained in English (A–Z, 2026)

Spain's road signs fall into five families — warning, prohibition, obligation, priority and information. Below is the full A–Z index; each links to a page explaining that sign in English and Spanish.

1.5 metres of clearance
10 metres in length
100 m to the left
100 m to the right
20 km/h max, pedestrian priority and children's games allowed
5 metres long
5.5 tonnes of mass
70 limit on two lanes
70 metres
A ban
A ban
A bridge
A bump in the road (raised hump)
A bus lane
A bus lane
A bus stop/station
A bus-reserved lane or stop
A campsite
A carriageway fork
A carriageway split
A central split
A centre lane ends
A cyclist crossing ahead
A dangerous bend to the left
A dangerous bend to the right
A dashed line (change allowed)
A dead-end street
A descending ramp
A destination and the exit to it
A different speed limit (100/80)
A diversion towards the destination
A fast road (restricted access)
A fire extinguisher
A first-aid post
A frequent-fog stretch
A greenway / non-motorised route
A hospital nearby or its location
A hotel/lodging
A junction and its branches
A lane being added
A lane change/merge
A lane merges / reduces
A lane reduces (merge from the right)
A lane reduction/merge
A lane reduction/merge
A lane reserved for buses
A lane split
A lane splitting/diverging
A left-side merge
A list of towns reachable via that road
A merge
A merge / converging traffic
A motorway
A motorway/expressway
A mountain pass status (open/closed/chains)
A park-and-ride car park
A pedestrian crossing
A pedestrian crossing ahead
A picnic/rest area
A place where parking is permitted
A province/region boundary
A right branch
A roundabout
A service area (fuel/cafe)
A service road
A side service road
A snow/ice zone or conditions
A speed-controlled stretch
A steep ascent (10%)
A steep descent (10%)
A steep descent (10%)
A STOP (you must stop there)
A STOP in 150 m
A taxi rank
A telephone (service or emergency)
A temporary lane diversion/layout
A temporary winding path at works
A toll
A toll
A town/destination
A town/exit destination
A tunnel
A tunnel
A U-turn
A Vehicle Technical Inspection station
A viewpoint / scenic point
A walking/hiking trailhead
Across several lanes
Advisory speed, not mandatory
Agricultural vehicles (tractors)
An approaching border (1 km)
An area for caravans/motorhomes
An area frequented by children nearby
An area where the limit is 30 km/h
An ascending ramp
An authorised U-turn point in 150 m
An electric charging point
An emergency lay-by / refuge (SOS)
An emergency phone
An emergency phone/post in that direction
An exception to the rule
An exit branch ahead
An exit with its destination in 500 m
An exit/destination in 1000 m
An exit/destination in 500 m
An exit/merge branch
An expressway and its number
An informative road feature
An intersection or crossing
An uneven surface / hump
An upcoming speed-limit change
As per panel (alternating/stretch)
At grade
At grade
Authorised parking
Authorised parking
Authorised U-turn in 300 m
Axle (e.g. 5.5 t per axle)
Bike parking
Buses, taxis and cycles
Change to the adjacent lane
Check/switch on your lights
Clarify or extend the sign it accompanies
Compulsory direction left
Compulsory direction right
Compulsory direction: roundabout
Compulsory direction: straight ahead
Compulsory direction: turn right
Compulsory for dangerous-goods vehicles
Compulsory minimum speed
Compulsory roundabout (give way on entry)
Compulsory roundabout direction
Conditions (hours, security, distance)
Contraflow (opposite)
Cycle-only lane
Cycles (bike lane on the right)
Cycles and PMVs
Cycles and PMVs / light users
Cyclists
Danger: roadworks ahead
Dangerous bends
Dangerous bends, the first to the left
Destination, distance and exit number
Destinations and lanes of the exit
Destinations and the matching exit
Destinations with distance in km
Destinations, distance and exit number
Dipped headlights
Direction to a city via a fast road
Directions and towns at a junction
Directions split (2 and 1)
Distance in kilometres
Diversion directions to several towns
Don't enter unless your exit is clear
Down and to the left
Down and to the right
Down-left
Down-right
Elevated
Elevated (footbridge)
Emergency phone and extinguisher
End of 100 km/h limit
End of 120 km/h limit
End of 40 km/h limit
End of 50 km/h limit
End of 70 km/h limit
End of 80 km/h limit
End of a zone (e.g. zone 30)
End of all previous restrictions
End of bridle road
End of cars-only road
End of cars-only road
End of cycle+PMV road
End of cycle-only road
End of expressway
End of minimum speed 10
End of minimum speed 10 km/h
End of minimum speed 100
End of minimum speed 20
End of minimum speed 20 km/h
End of minimum speed 70
End of motorway
End of multi-lane section
End of no-overtaking
End of no-overtaking
End of no-overtaking for trucks
End of no-parking zone
End of pedestrian road
End of pedestrian street
End of PMV road
End of previous prohibitions
End of priority road
End of recommended speed 10
End of recommended speed 100
End of recommended speed 110
End of recommended speed 20
End of recommended speed 40
End of recommended speed 70
End of residential street
End of residential/shared zone
End of shared road (cycles/PMV)
End of temporary 60 limit
End of temporary no-overtaking
End of the 2+1 road section
End of the cycle road
End of the cycle+PMV road
End of the fast road
End of the no-overtaking restriction
End of the PMV road
End of the previous speed limit
End of the segregated PMV/ped road
End of the segregated road
End of the stated speed limit
End of your road's priority
Entering a country (border)
Experimental road markings
Expressway / dual carriageway
Falling rocks
Falling rocks
Fire danger (no fires)
First-aid post
Forbidden
Forbidden
Forbidden
Four lanes same direction
Four lanes, one merging
Give way
Give way
Give way in 150 m
Give way to vehicles on the road you are approaching
Going straight
Going straight ahead
Goods vehicles (lorries)
Goods vehicles (trucks over the stated mass)
Goods vehicles over the stated mass
Has no exit (both sides)
Have priority over oncoming traffic
Heavy vehicles as shown
Helicopter or drone
High occupancy (2 or more people)
Horse riders
Hospital nearby
In the marked stretch
Increase the safe distance
Intersection where you have priority
It is decorative
Its direction/route
Its name and any applicable limits
Keep a greater safe distance
Keep the safe distance
Lane assignment/use
Lane changing
Lane layout with a per-lane limit (70)
Lanes by destination / multi-lane
Lanes with a 70 limit on one of them
Left
Left or right
Level crossing without barriers
Level-crossing cross
Location of a pedestrian crossing
LPG (liquefied petroleum gas)
Making a U-turn
Mandatory direction: right
Mandatory direction: straight ahead only
Mandatory stop (STOP)
Mandatory stop: a train is coming
Max 5 seats
Maximum permitted height (4.2 m)
Maximum permitted mass per vehicle: 5 tonnes
Maximum speed 100 km/h
Maximum speed 120 km/h
Maximum speed 20 km/h
Maximum speed 50 km/h
Maximum speed of 120 km/h
Maximum speed of 50 km/h
Minimum speed 10 km/h
Minimum speed 100 km/h
Minimum speed 110 km/h
Minimum speed 20 km/h
Minimum speed 40 km/h
Minimum speed 50 km/h
Minimum speed 60 km/h
Minimum speed 70 km/h
Minimum speed of 30 km/h
Motor cars
Motor cars
Motor cars
Motor vehicles
Motor vehicles (cars)
Motorbikes
Motorcycles
Motorcycles
Motorhomes (waste/water)
Must give way to oncoming traffic
Nearby available services
No entry
No entry
No entry for all vehicles
No entry for bicycles
No left turn
No limit
No overtaking
No parking
No parking
No parking
No stopping or parking
No stopping or parking
No stopping/parking in that stretch
No turning
No use of the horn
Of the arrow
One-way in that direction
One-way street in that direction
Overtake
Park
Parking
Parking conditions (time/type)
Pass either side of the obstacle
Pedestrian
Pedestrians
Pedestrians
Pedestrians (incl. reduced mobility)
Pedestrians and cyclists
Personal mobility vehicles (e-scooters)
Personal mobility vehicles (e-scooters)
PMVs and pedestrians
Priority road
Priority road
Proceed in the arrow's direction, giving way to crossing pedestrians
Provisional directions to destinations
Recommended 10 km/h
Recommended 100 km/h
Recommended 110 km/h
Recommended 120 km/h
Recommended 20 km/h
Recommended 40 km/h
Recommended 70 km/h
Recommended 80 km/h
Red-light (red-light camera)
Reserved for cycles
Reserved for cycles
Reserved for cycles
Reserved for motor cars
Residential (pedestrian priority)
Residential (pedestrian priority, 20 km/h)
Residential / shared (max 20 km/h)
Reversible (changing direction)
Road narrows
Roadworks ahead
Safe following distance
Separate zones for cycles and pedestrians
Separated carriageways/directions
Services available ahead (area)
Several destinations and their directions
Several roads and their distances/directions
Show speed
Slippery road surface
Slippery road surface
Snow chains mandatory
Special / reserved as shown
Speed-camera (radar) control
Start of a dual carriageway and its special rules
Stop completely and give way
Stop line
Stopping and parking are both prohibited
Straight ahead or left
Straight ahead or right
Street directions and numbers
Temporary / roadworks (overrides fixed signs)
That your road has priority over crossing roads
The bus lane
The destination city and the road
The direction of a sharp bend
The direction/destination of each lane
The distance in km to each
The distance you keep from the vehicle ahead
The exit to the destinations in 500 m
The exits and destinations of a roundabout
The kilometre point (toll motorway)
The kilometre point of the road
The layout of a complex junction
The layout of a junction/branch
The left
The left
The left
The likely presence of cyclists
The minimum safe distance
The minimum safe distance between vehicles
The name/entrance of a tunnel
The proximity of an aerodrome, where aircraft may fly low overhead
The right
The right
The right
The road narrowing
The special dual-carriageway rules no longer apply
The STOP sign
The temporary path to follow at works
The traffic radio (RDS) frequency
Three lanes in the same direction
Three lanes same direction
Three lanes with a left diversion
Three lanes with a right branch
Three lanes with a side merge
Three lanes with a split
Three lanes, 70 limit on the centre one
To the left
To the right
To the right
Toll
Toll
Toll
Towns and lanes for the next exit
Traffic lights ahead
Traffic lights ahead
Traffic lights ahead
Tunnel braking
Turn left (only direction)
Turn right (only direction)
Turning left
Turning left
Turning right
Two-way carriageway
Two-way traffic
Type 2+1 (alternating centre lane)
Use the seatbelt
Vehicle exit: no parking
Vehicle type
Wild animals crossing
Winter tyres / chains as conditions require
With conditions (time/type)
With multiple lanes
Without barriers, multiple tracks
You may cross it to overtake or change lane when safe
You may cross with care
You must not stop inside it

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