carro

See also: Carro and caro

Contents

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/

Noun

carro m (plural carros)

1. cart

Related terms

• carretera
• carreter
• carrossa

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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): /ˈkaro̝/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

carro m (plural carros)

1. cart
2. wagon
3. cartload, wagonload
4. a load (unit of weight)
5. 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: /'karro/

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

→

• 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

1. 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 with 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/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): [ˈka.ru]
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ʁu/
  • (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ʁo/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

carro m (plural carros)

1. cart (vehicle drawn or pushed by a person or animal)
2. car; automobile
3. any “vehicle” which is drawn, such as an elevator, a cable car, or a train wagon

Synonyms

• (cart) carroça, carreta
• (car) auto, automóvel, veículo

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/
• Rhymes: -aro

Noun

carro m (plural carros)

1. cart
2. (Latin America) car, automobile

   Synonyms: auto, automóvil, coche, buga

3. (Latin America) train car

Derived terms

(diminutive carrillo or carrito) (augmentative carrazo)

• acarrear
• carreta
• carrete
• parar el carro

Related terms

• cargar
• carrera
• carretela
• carrillo
• carril
• carroza
• carruaje

Further reading

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