carreto

See also: Carreto

Galician

Etymology 1

14th century. Back-formation from carretar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈreto̝/

Noun

carreto m (plural carretos)

1. carriage, haulage, transportation
   • 1371, Anselmo López Carreira (ed.), Documentos do arquivo da catedral de Ourense (1289-1399), doc. 381:

     que lle custara carreto de viinte e çinqo moyos de viño e de conposta que ouvo, a oyto barbudas cada moyo, que diso que montaron tres mill crusados

     [He said] that the transportation of 25 modii of wine and stewed must, that he had, at eight barbudas each modius, totalled three thousand cruzados

   • 1418, A. Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 91:

     quando chamaren os outros caseiros para carreto de madeyras et de vinno ou de seruentia de pedras et de madeyra para obras de dito conuento

     whenever they call the other tenants for the carriage of wood and wine or for the service of stones and wood for works of the aforementioned abbey

   Synonym: carrexo

2. (derogatory) hauling of voters
3. (historical) communal mutual service for the transportation of the harvest, construction materials or other goods

Related terms

• carreta
• carretar
• carro

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “carreto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “carreto”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “carreto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “carreto”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “carreto”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

carreto

1. first-person singular present indicative of carretar

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Deverbal from carretar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈʁe.tu/ [kaˈhe.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈʁe.tu/ [kaˈhe.tu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kaˈʁe.tu/ [kaˈχe.tu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈʁe.to/ [kaˈhe.to]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈʁe.tu/

• Hyphenation: car‧re‧to

Noun

carreto m (plural carretos)

1. carriage
2. transportation
3. freight

Derived terms

• passar dos carretos

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈʁɛ.tu/ [kaˈhɛ.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈʁɛ.tu/ [kaˈhɛ.tu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kaˈʁɛ.tu/ [kaˈχɛ.tu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈʁɛ.to/ [kaˈhɛ.to]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈʁɛ.tu/

• Hyphenation: car‧re‧to

Verb

carreto

1. first-person singular present indicative of carretar

Spanish

Noun

carreto m (plural carretos)

1. tree of the Aspidosperma genus

Further reading

• “carreto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014