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Galician
Etymology 1
14th century. Back-formation from carretar.
Pronunciation
Noun
carreto m (plural carretos)
- carriage, haulage, transportation
- 1371, Anselmo López Carreira (ed.), Documentos do arquivo da catedral de Ourense (1289-1399), doc. 381:
- que lle custara carreto de viinte e çinqo moyos de viño e de conposta que ouvo, a oyto barbudas cada moyo, que diso que montaron tres mill crusados
- that the transportation of 25 modii of wine and stewed must, that he had, at eight barbudas each modius, totalled three thousand cruzados
- 1418, A. Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 91:
- quando chamaren os outros caseiros para carreto de madeyras et de vinno ou de seruentia de pedras et de madeyra para obras de dito conuento
- whenever they call the other tenants for the carriage of wood and wine or for the service of stones and wood for works of the aforementioned abbey
- Synonym: carrexo
- (derogatory) hauling of voters
- (historical) communal mutual service for the transportation of the harvest, construction materials or other goods
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “carreto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “carreto”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “carreto”, 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), “carreto”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “carreto”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Etymology 2
Verb
carreto
- first-person singular present indicative of carretar
Portuguese
Etymology 1
Deverbal from carretar.
Pronunciation
Noun
carreto m (plural carretos)
- carriage
- transportation
- freight
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Verb
carreto
- first-person singular present indicative of carretar
Further reading
Spanish
Noun
carreto m (plural carretos)
- tree of the Aspidosperma genus
Further reading