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carreta (plural carretas)

1. (Canada, US, historical) An oxcart.

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

• IPA(key): (Central) [kəˈrɛ.tə]
• IPA(key): (Balearic) [kəˈrə.tə]
• IPA(key): (Valencia) [kaˈre.ta]

carreta f (plural carretes)

1. cart, dray

• carretada

• carretam

• carretejar

• carretell

• carreter

• carretera

• “carreta”, 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

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

• IPA(key): /kaˈreta/ [kɑˈre.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -eta

carreta f (plural carretas)

1. wheelbarrow
   Synonyms: carretilla, cozo

• carretar

• carreto

• carro

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “carreta”, 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), “carreta”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “carreta”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

carreta

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

From carro + -eta.

carreta f

1. cart

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

• IPA(key): /kaˈreta/
• Rhymes: -eta

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

• Galician: carreta
• Portuguese: carreta (see there for further descendants)
• Ferreiro, Manuel (2014–2026), “carreta”, 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), “carreta”, 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), “carreta”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Possibly borrowed from Old Catalan carreta.

carreta f (plural carretas)

1. cart

• Spanish: carreta

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

• (Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈʁe.tɐ/ [kaˈhe.tɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈʁe.tɐ/ [kaˈhe.tɐ]

  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kaˈʁe.tɐ/ [kaˈχe.tɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈʁe.ta/ [kaˈhe.ta]

• (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐˈʁe.tɐ/

• Rhymes: -etɐ

• Hyphenation: car‧re‧ta

carreta f (plural carretas)

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

• Macanese: caréta
• → Balinese: ᬓ᭄ᬭᬾᬢ (kréta)
• → Hunsrik: Karett
• → Javanese: ꦏꦿꦺꦠ (kréta)
• → Makasar: kareta
• → Malay: kereta
  • > Indonesian: kêrèta (inherited)
  • → Tausug: karita'
• → Tetum: karreta, kareta

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• (Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈʁɛ.tɐ/ [kaˈhɛ.tɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈʁɛ.tɐ/ [kaˈhɛ.tɐ]

  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kaˈʁɛ.tɐ/ [kaˈχɛ.tɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈʁɛ.ta/ [kaˈhɛ.ta]

• (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐˈʁɛ.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: car‧re‧ta

carreta

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

• “carreta”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “carreta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

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

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

carreta f (plural carretas)

1. cart, dray

• carpintero de carretas

• carretada

• carretera

• carretilla

• carros y carretas

• tiran más dos tetas que dos carretas

• → Tagalog: kareta

• “carreta”, 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