carreto

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Galician

Etymology 1

14th century. Back-formation from carretar.

Pronunciation

Noun

carreto m (plural carretos)

  1. 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
  2. (derogatory) hauling of voters
  3. (historical) communal mutual service for the transportation of the harvest, construction materials or other goods

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Etymology 2

Verb

carreto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of carretar

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Deverbal from carretar.

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: car‧re‧to

Noun

carreto m (plural carretos)

  1. carriage
  2. transportation
  3. freight
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: car‧re‧to

Verb

carreto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of carretar

Further reading

Spanish

Noun

carreto m (plural carretos)

  1. tree of the Aspidosperma genus

Further reading