carro

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

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

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carro m (plural carros)

1. cart

• carret
• carrutxa

• carretera
• carreter
• carrossa

• “carro” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• “carro” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “carro”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “carro” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

From Spanish carro.

carro (plural carros)

1. car.
2. chariot.

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈkarʊ]

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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

• “carro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “carro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “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.

From Latin carrus, from Gaulish *karros (“wagon”), from Proto-Celtic *karros (“wagon”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós (“vehicle”), derived from the root *ḱers- (“to run”). Doublet of curro.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkar.ro/
• Rhymes: -arro
• Hyphenation: càr‧ro

carro m (plural carri)

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

• corra

carrō

1. dative/ablative singular of carrus

carro m (plural carros)

1. automobile, car

• altemoble

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

Related to Catalan carro.

carro m (plural carros)

1. cart

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

• (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ru/

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• Rhymes: -aʁu

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

• carro-esporte
• carrinho

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaro/ [ˈka.ro]
• Rhymes: -aro
• Syllabification: ca‧rro

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

• → Cebuano: karo
• → Tagalog: karo

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

• corra
• croar