carro

See also: Carro and caro

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan (compare Occitan carri, carro, car), from Latin carrus, from Gaulish karros, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥s-o-, from *ḱers- (“to run”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ro/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ru/

• Audio (Valencian)

  (file)

Noun

carro m (plural carros)

1. cart

Derived terms

• carret

Related terms

• carretera
• carreter
• carrossa

Further reading

• “carro” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “carro” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “carro” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “carro” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

From Spanish carro

Noun

carro (plural carros)

1. car.
2. chariot.

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Galician

Traditional carros

O Carro

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese carro, from Latin carrus (“cart”), from Gaulish karros, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥s-o-, from *ḱers- (“to run”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkarʊ]

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

carro m (plural carros)

1. cart
2. wagon
3. car
4. cartload, wagonload
5. a load (unit of weight)
6. Big Dipper, Ursa Major

   Synonym: Carro

Derived terms

• Carral
• Carrás
• carreira
• carreiro
• carril
• Carril
• Carrís
• carreta
• carretar
• carreto
• Carro

References

• “carro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “carro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “carro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “carro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “carro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin carrus, from Gaulish karros, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥s-o-, from *ḱers- (“to run”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkar.ro/

Noun

carro m (plural carri)

1. a means of transport used to carry goods; a wagon, cart, van, lorry, wain or truck

Derived terms

Derived terms

• carro armato
• carro attrezzi
• carro bestiame

• carro funebre
• carro merci

Related terms

Related terms →

• carrabile
• carraia
• carraio
• carreggiare
• carreggiata
• carrello

• carretto
• carriera
• carriola
• carrozza
• carrozzone

Anagrams

• corra

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Latin

Noun

carrō

1. dative singular of carrus
2. ablative singular of carrus

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Mirandese

Noun

carro m (plural carros)

1. automobile, car

Synonyms

• altemoble

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Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan (compare Occitan carri, car), from Latin carrus, from Gaulish karros, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥s-o-, from *ḱers- (“to run”).

Related to Catalan carro.

Noun

carro m (plural carros)

1. cart

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese carro (“cart”), from Latin carrus, from Gaulish karros, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥s-o-, from *ḱers- (“to run”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ʁu/ or IPA^(key): /ˈka.ʁɯ̥̽/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ru/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ʁu/, [ˈkä.χʊ]
  • (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ʁo/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aʁu

Noun

carro m (plural carros)

1. cart (vehicle drawn or pushed by a person or animal)

   Synonyms: carroça, carreta

2. car; automobile

   Synonyms: auto, automóvel, veículo

3. any “vehicle” which is drawn, such as an elevator, a cable car, or a train wagon

Derived terms

• carro-esporte
• carrinho

Related terms

• carregar
• carreira
• carreta

• carreto
• carriola
• carroça

• carroçada
• carrossel
• carruagem

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish carro, from Latin carrus, from Gaulish karros, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥s-o-, from *ḱers- (“to run”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaro/, [ˈka.ro]
• Rhymes: -aro

Noun

carro m (plural carros)

1. cart
2. (Latin America) car, automobile (used especially in Central America, the Caribbean, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela and all of Mexico except Central Mexico)

   Synonyms: auto, automóvil, coche, (Spain, colloquial) buga

3. (Peru, by extension) a bus or minivan used on public transportation to carry passengers from one part of a city to another (while it has the same meaning as 'auto', 'carro' is preferred when referring to public transportation automobiles)

   Synonym: (Argentina) bondi

4. (Latin America) train car
5. (slang) cocaine paste

Hyponyms

• carro fúnebre

 

Derived terms

• acarrear
• anticarro
• carrazo
• carrero
• carreta
• carrete
• carril
• carrillo
• carrito
• carro hidrante
• Carro Mayor
• cazacarros
• parar el carro
• poner el carro delante del caballo
• poner el carro delante de los bueyes
• robacarros
• subirse al carro
• tirar del carro

 

Related terms

• cargar
• carrera
• carretela
• carroza
• carruaje

 

Descendants

• → Cebuano: karo

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• corra
• croar