carreira

== Galician == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese carreira, from Early Medieval Latin via carrāria, from Latin carrus, from Gaulish *karros, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós, from *ḱers- (“to run”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaˈrejɾa/ [kɑˈrej.ɾɐ] Rhymes: -ejɾa Hyphenation: ca‧rrei‧ra === Noun === carreira f (plural carreiras) way; a path or traditional road, usually large enough for a cart Synonym: corredoira career (one's profession) degree in higher education race run (line of stitches that has come undone) part or parting (hair) purlin row trail ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “carreira”, 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), “carreira”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “carreira”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Old Galician-Portuguese == === Alternative forms === carreyra === Etymology === Inherited from Early Medieval Latin carrāria, from carrārius, from carrus + -arius. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaˈrejra/ Rhymes: -ejra === Noun === carreira f (plural carreiras) way; path Synonym: caminho part; parting (dividing line formed by combing the hair) (figurative) direction ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Fala: carreira Galician: carreira Portuguese: carreira === References === Ferreiro, Manuel (2014–2026), “carreira”, in Universo Cantigas: edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa [Universo Cantigas: critical edition of Galician-Portuguese medieval poetry] (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “carreira”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “carreira”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === carreyra (obsolete) === Etymology === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese carreira, from Early Medieval Latin via carrāria, from Latin carrus, from Gaulish *karros, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós, from *ḱers- (“to run”).. Compare Galician carreira and Spanish carrera. Cognate with also English career. By surface analysis, carro +‎ -eira. === Pronunciation === Homophone: Carreira Hyphenation: car‧rei‧ra === Noun === carreira f (plural carreiras) path, trail (particularly one which had to be opened) Synonyms: trilha, caminho trail left by a moving vehicle Synonym: rastro career (one's profession) Synonyms: profissão, percurso line, row (Brazil, informal) line (small portion of a powdery drug) Synonyms: linha, carreirinha route (a regular itinerary of stops) (Trás-os-Montes) race Synonym: corrida (Beira, Trás-os-Montes) rush, run Synonym: correria ==== Related terms ==== carro === Further reading === “carreira”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “carreira”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “carreira”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026