carro

== 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): (Northern, Central) [ˈka.ru] IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈka.ro] === Noun === carro m (plural carros) cart ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “carro”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) === Further reading === “carro”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “carro”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “carro” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. == Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl == === Etymology === From Spanish carro. === Noun === carro (plural carros) car. chariot. == Galician == === 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] Rhymes: -aro === Noun === carro m (plural carros) cart wagon car cartload, wagonload a load (unit of weight) Big Dipper, Ursa Major Synonym: Carro ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “carro”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 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. Doublet of curro. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkar.ro/ Rhymes: -arro Hyphenation: càr‧ro === Noun === carro m (plural carri) a wagon, cart, van, lorry or truck (a means of transport used to carry goods) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === 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 (“to card”). ==== Alternative forms ==== carō, carriō ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkar.roː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkar.ro] ==== Verb ==== carrō (present infinitive carrere); third conjugation, no perfect or supine stems (rare) to card (wool) ===== Conjugation ===== ===== 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 dative/ablative singular of carrus == Mirandese == === Noun === carro m (plural carros) 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) 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 cart ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: carro === References === Joan Coromines (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) cart (by extension) cartload ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Fala: carru Galician: carro Portuguese: carro === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “carro”, 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), “carro”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega == Old Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin carrus. === Noun === carro m (plural carros) cart ==== Descendants ==== === 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 === (Caipira) IPA(key): /ka.ru/ (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈka.ru/ Rhymes: -aʁu Hyphenation: car‧ro === Noun === carro m (plural carros) cart (vehicle drawn or pushed by a person or animal) Synonyms: carroça, carreta car; automobile Synonyms: auto, automóvel, veículo any “vehicle” which is drawn, such as an elevator, a cable car, or a train wagon ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Kimbundu: dikalu === Further reading === “carro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “carro”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “carro”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “carro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Spanish carro, from Latin carrus. Distant cognate with English horse. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkaro/ [ˈka.ro] Rhymes: -aro Syllabification: ca‧rro === Noun === carro m (plural carros) cart (Latin America) car, automobile (used especially in Central America, the Caribbean, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela and Mexico) Synonyms: auto, automóvil, coche, (Spain, colloquial) buga (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 (Latin America) train car (slang) cocaine paste Synonym: bazuco (Chile, colloquial) carriage ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Cebuano: karo → Tagalog: karo === Further reading === “carro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 === Anagrams === corra croar