"carro" meaning in Spanish

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkaro/, [ˈka.ro] Forms: carros [plural]
Rhymes: -aro Etymology: Inherited from Old Spanish carro, from Latin carrus, from Gaulish *karros, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós, from *ḱers- (“to run”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|es|inh|osp>carro>cart|id=cart}}, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|es|osp|carro|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old Spanish carro, {{inh+|es|osp|carro}} Inherited from Old Spanish carro, {{inh|es|la|carrus}} Latin carrus, {{der|es|cel-gau|*karros||}} Gaulish *karros, {{der|es|ine-pro|*ḱr̥sós}} Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} carro m (plural carros)
  1. cart Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-carro-es-noun-HELdwChb Categories (other): Vehicles Disambiguation of Vehicles: 16 32 14 11 26
  2. (Latin America) car, automobile (used especially in Central America, the Caribbean, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela and Mexico) Tags: Latin-America, masculine Synonyms: auto, automóvil, coche, buga
    Sense id: en-carro-es-noun-j9kcePJJ Categories (other): Latin American Spanish, Automobiles, Vehicles Disambiguation of Automobiles: 3 40 28 19 10 Disambiguation of Vehicles: 16 32 14 11 26
  3. (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) Tags: Ecuador, Peru, broadly, masculine Synonyms: bondi
    Sense id: en-carro-es-noun-Lc49zdZy Categories (other): Ecuadorian Spanish, Peruvian Spanish, Vehicles Disambiguation of Vehicles: 16 32 14 11 26
  4. (Latin America) train car Tags: Latin-America, masculine
    Sense id: en-carro-es-noun-J4-qQhUt Categories (other): Latin American Spanish, Vehicles Disambiguation of Vehicles: 16 32 14 11 26
  5. (slang) cocaine paste Tags: masculine, slang
    Sense id: en-carro-es-noun-VAyn5ZQR Categories (other): Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Vehicles Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 3 1 9 11 11 0 0 12 4 1 2 0 1 5 0 14 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 1 5 24 1 69 Disambiguation of Vehicles: 16 32 14 11 26
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: carro fúnebre Related terms: cargar, carrera, carretela, carroza, carruaje

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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        "(slang) cocaine paste"
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      "ipa": "[ˈka.ro]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aro"
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  ],
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Spanish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (5ee713e and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.