carro
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”).
Galician
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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)
- cart
- wagon
- cartload, wagonload
- a load (unit of weight)
- Big Dipper, Ursa Major
- Synonym: 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.
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)
Derived terms
- carro armato
- carro attrezzi
- carro bestiame
Related terms
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.
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)
Derived terms
- carro-esporte
- carrinho
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)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “carro” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.