Catalan

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Old Catalan carreta, from carro + -eta.

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    Noun

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    carreta f (plural carretes)

    1. cart, dray

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    Galician

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    Etymology 1

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      Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese carreta, possibly borrowed from Old Catalan carreta, from carro + -eta.

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      Noun

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      carreta f (plural carretas)

      1. wheelbarrow
        Synonyms: carretilla, cozo
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      Etymology 2

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      See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

      Verb

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      carreta

      1. inflection of carretar:
        1. third-person singular present indicative
        2. second-person singular imperative

      Old Catalan

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      Etymology

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        From carro + -eta.

        Noun

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        carreta f

        1. cart

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        • Catalan: carreta
        • ? Old Galician-Portuguese: carreta
          • Galician: carreta
          • Portuguese: carreta (see there for further descendants)
        • ? Old Spanish: carreta

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

        Old Galician-Portuguese

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          Possibly borrowed from Old Catalan carreta.

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          carreta f (plural carretas)

          1. cart
            • 1390, Jose Luis Pensado Tomé (ed.), Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I. Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 117:
              Et rrei Calrros entẽdeo, et com̃o estaua armado de moi boa loriga et de moy boo elmo et cõ moy boa espada et cõplido de grraça de Deus, que era cõ el, entrou ontre as azes dos mouros dando moy grãdes feridas a destro et seestro, matãdo moytos deles ata que chegou onde estaua a carreta, et dou cõ a espada ẽna aste en que estaua o pendon et cortoo
              King Charlemagne noticed, and since he was well armed with an excellent chain mail and a very good helm and a very good sword and full with the Grace of God, which was with him, he entered among the lines of the Moors giving large wounds left and right, killing many of them till he arrived where the cart was, and he hit with the sword the pole where the pennon was and cut it down

          Descendants

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          • Galician: carreta
          • Portuguese: carreta (see there for further descendants)

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          Old Spanish

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            Possibly borrowed from Old Catalan carreta.

            Noun

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            carreta f (plural carretas)

            1. cart

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            Portuguese

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            Etymology 1

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              Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese carreta, possibly borrowed from Old Catalan carreta, from carro + -eta.

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              • Rhymes: -etɐ
              • Hyphenation: car‧re‧ta

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              carreta f (plural carretas)

              1. cart (small, open, wheeled vehicle)
                Synonym: carroça
              2. semi-trailer (trailer pulled by a truck)
              3. (metonymically) big rig; eighteen-wheeler
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              Etymology 2

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              See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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              • Hyphenation: car‧re‧ta

              Verb

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              carreta

              1. inflection of carretar:
                1. third-person singular present indicative
                2. second-person singular imperative

              Spanish

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              Etymology

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                Inherited from Old Spanish carreta, possibly borrowed from Old Catalan carreta, from carro + -eta.

                Pronunciation

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                • IPA(key): /kaˈreta/ [kaˈre.t̪a]
                • Rhymes: -eta
                • Syllabification: ca‧rre‧ta

                Noun

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                carreta f (plural carretas)

                1. cart, dray

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