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noun, masculine

carro

/ˈkaro/

noun, masculine/ˈkaro/plural: carros

cart; car, automobile (used especially in Central America, the Caribbean, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela and Mexico); 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); train car; cocaine paste

Synonyms: auto, automóvil, coche, buga, bondi, bazuco

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós Proto-Celtic *karros Gaulish *karrosbor. Latin carrus Old Spanish carro Spanish carro Inherited from Old Spanish carro, from Latin carrus. Distant cognate with English horse.