carroça

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈʁɔ.sɐ/ [kaˈhɔ.sɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈʁɔ.sɐ/ [kaˈhɔ.sɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kaˈʁɔ.sɐ/ [kaˈχɔ.sɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈʁɔ.sa/ [kaˈhɔ.sa]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈʁɔ.sɐ/

Etymology 1

carroça

Borrowed from Italian carrozza (“carriage”).

Noun

carroça f (plural carroças)

1. cart (small, open, wheeled vehicle, drawn or pushed by a person or animal)
2. (derogatory) a slow, old or low-quality car

   Synonyms: calhambeque, lata-velha

Related terms

• carro
• carroçada
• carroçado
• carroção
• carroçar
• carroçaria
• carroçável
• carroceiro
• carroceria

Etymology 2

Verb

carroça

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