carro

See also: Carro and caro

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈka.ru]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈka.ro]

• Audio (Valencia):

  (file)

Noun

carro m (plural carros)

1. cart

Derived terms

• carret
• carreta
• carro de golf
• carrutxa

 

Related terms

• carreter
• carretera
• carrossa

 

References

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

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, 2024
• “carro” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

From Spanish carro.

Noun

carro (plural carros)

1. car.
2. chariot.

Galician

Traditional carros

Morte no traballo (1899), by Xenaro Carrero

O Carro

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaro/ [ˈkɑ.rʊ]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aro

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
• carreta
• carretar
• carreto
• Carril
• carril
• Carriño
• Carrís
• Carro

 

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “carro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “carro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “carro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

carro m (plural carri)

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

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *karzō, from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)kers- (“to comb wool”), extended from *(s)ker- (“to cut”). Compare Lithuanian kar̃šti (“combs, cards”), Latvian kā̀rst (“combs, cards”), Old High German scerran (“to scratch”). Varro falsely connects this with careō, possibly because the word had already gone extinct in his time, with the only reminiscence being carmen (“card for flax or wool”) which was the evident derivational base of the rather common carminō (“I card”).

Alternative forms

• carō, carriō

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.roː/, [ˈkärːoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.ro/, [ˈkärːo]

Verb

carrō (present infinitive carrere); third conjugation, no perfect or supine stem

1. (rare) to card (wool)
   • c. 200 BCE, Plautus, Menaechmi 797:

     inter ancillās sedēre jubeās, lānam ca<r>rere.

Conjugation

Conjugation of carrō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	carrō	carris	carrit	carrimus	carritis	carrunt
	imperfect	carrēbam	carrēbās	carrēbat	carrēbāmus	carrēbātis	carrēbant
	future	carram	carrēs	carret	carrēmus	carrētis	carrent
passive	present	carror	carreris, carrere	carritur	carrimur	carriminī	carruntur
	imperfect	carrēbar	carrēbāris, carrēbāre	carrēbātur	carrēbāmur	carrēbāminī	carrēbantur
	future	carrar	carrēris, carrēre	carrētur	carrēmur	carrēminī	carrentur
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	carram	carrās	carrat	carrāmus	carrātis	carrant
	imperfect	carrerem	carrerēs	carreret	carrerēmus	carrerētis	carrerent
passive	present	carrar	carrāris, carrāre	carrātur	carrāmur	carrāminī	carrantur
	imperfect	carrerer	carrerēris, carrerēre	carrerētur	carrerēmur	carrerēminī	carrerentur
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	carre	—	—	carrite	—
	future	—	carritō	carritō	—	carritōte	carruntō
passive	present	—	carrere	—	—	carriminī	—
	future	—	carritor	carritor	—	—	carruntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		carrere	—	—	carrī	—	—
participles		carrēns	—	—	—	—	carrendus, carrundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		carrendī	carrendō	carrendum	carrendō	—	—

Derived terms

• carmen

References

• “carr(i)o” in volume 3, column 497, line 64 in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “carrō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 95

Etymology 2

Noun

carrō

1. dative/ablative singular of carrus

Mirandese

Noun

carro m (plural carros)

1. automobile, car

Synonyms

• altemoble

Occitan

Etymology

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.

Noun

carro m (plural carros)

1. cart

Old Catalan

Alternative forms

• carre

Etymology

Inherited from Latin carrus, borrowed from Gaulish *karros, from Proto-Celtic *karros, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós, from *ḱers- + *-ós.

Noun

carro m

1. cart

Derived terms

• carreta

 

Descendants

• Catalan: carro

References

• Coromines, Joan (1980–1991) “carro”, in Diccionari etimològic i complementari de la llengua catalana, Barcelona: Curial Edicions Catalanes.

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin carrus, borrowed from Gaulish *karros, from Proto-Celtic *karros, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós, from *ḱers- + *-ós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaro/
• Rhymes: -aro

Noun

carro m (plural carros)

1. cart
2. (by extension) cartload

Related terms

• carregar
• carreira
• carreiro
• carrejador
• carrejar
• carreta
• carretar
• carreteiro
• carril

 

Descendants

• Fala: carru
• Galician: carro
• Portuguese: carro

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “carro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “carro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG

Old Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin carrus, borrowed from Gaulish *karros, from Proto-Celtic *karros, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós, from *ḱers- + *-ós.

Noun

carro m (plural carros)

1. cart

Descendants

• Spanish: carro
  • → Cebuano: karo
  • → Tagalog: karo

References

• Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946) “carro”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume I, Chapel Hill, page 101

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ʁu/ [ˈka.hu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ʁu/ [ˈka.hu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ʁu/ [ˈka.χu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ʁo/ [ˈka.ho]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ʁu/

• (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ru/
• Rhymes: -aʁu
• Hyphenation: car‧ro

• Audio:

  (file)

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

• carreiro
• carreta
• carrinho
• carro desportivo
• carro-esporte

 

Related terms

• carga
• cargo
• cargueiro
• carreador
• carreadouro
• carregação
• carregadeira
• carregar
• carrego
• carreira
• carretagem
• carreteiro
• carreto
• carril
• carriola
• carroça
• carroçada
• carroçaria
• carroçável
• carroceiro
• carrossel
• carruagem

 

Descendants

• → Kimbundu: dikalu

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaro/ [ˈka.ro]

• Audio (Peru):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aro
• Syllabification: ca‧rro

Noun

carro m (plural carros)

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

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

3. (Peru, Ecuador, 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 de asalto
• carro de combate
• carro de oro
• carro de tierra
• carro hidrante
• Carro Mayor
• carros y carretas
• cazacarros
• parar el carro
• poner el carro delante de los bueyes
• poner el carro delante del caballo
• robacarros
• subirse al carro
• tirar del carro
• untar el carro

 

Related terms

• cargar
• carrera
• carretela
• carroza
• carruaje

 

Descendants

• → Cebuano: karo
• → Tagalog: karo

Further reading

• “carro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Anagrams

• corra
• croar