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carreta

Catalan

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From carro +‎ -eta.

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Noun

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carreta f (plural carretes)

  1. cart, dray

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Galician

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Etymology 1

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From Old Galician-Portuguese carreta (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from carro (“cart”) +‎ -eta.

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carreta f (plural carretas)

  1. wheelbarrow
    Synonyms: carretilla, cozo
  2. (dated, historical) wagon
    • 1390, Jose Luis Pensado Tomé (ed.), Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I. Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 117:
      Et rrei Calrros entẽdeo, et com̃o estaua armado de moi boa loriga et de moy boo elmo et cõ moy boa espada et cõplido de grraça de Deus, que era cõ el, entrou ontre as azes dos mouros dando moy grãdes feridas a destro et seestro, matãdo moytos deles ata que chegou onde estaua a carreta, et dou cõ a espada ẽna aste en que estaua o pendon et cortoo
      King Charlemagne noticed, and since he was well armed with an excellent chain mail and a very good helm and a very good sword and full with the Grace of God, which was with him, he entered among the lines of the Moors giving large wounds left and right, killing many of them till he arrived where the wagon was, and he hit with the sword the pole where the pennon was and cut it down
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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carreta

  1. inflection of carretar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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    From carro +‎ -eta.

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    • Hyphenation: car‧re‧ta

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    carreta f (plural carretas)

    1. cart (small, open, wheeled vehicle)
      Synonym: carroça
    2. semi-trailer (trailer pulled by a truck)
    3. (metonymical) big rig; eighteen-wheeler
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    carreta

    1. inflection of carretar:
      1. third-person singular present indicative
      2. second-person singular imperative

    Spanish

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    Etymology

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    From carro (“chariot; wagon”) +‎ -eta, or a borrowing from Catalan carreta.

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    • IPA(key): /kaˈreta/ [kaˈre.t̪a]
    • Rhymes: -eta
    • Syllabification: ca‧rre‧ta

    Noun

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    carreta f (plural carretas)

    1. cart, dray

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