Translation
car
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Word origin
From Latin carrus ('two-wheeled cart'), of Celtic origin.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- carrus
- English cognates
- car, cargo, carry
Grammar
Examples
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He bought a new car last month.
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The cars were stuck in the traffic jam.
?
Shall we go by car or by bus?
Where this fits
Used in
Stories
(7)Na rodoviária: um bilhete para Paraty
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O carro novo
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Sete da manhã ou sete da noite?
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O primo de Luanda
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Os postais do tio Rui
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A pronúncia do Harry
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O casamento da Luísa
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Grammar articles
(19)Portuguese Adjectives: Agreement, Gender and Word Order
Portuguese Comparatives and Superlatives: mais, o mais, -íssimo
Portuguese Conditional Tense: Polite Requests and Pronoun Placement
Portuguese Articles: o, a, um, uma - and When to Drop Them
Portuguese Demonstratives: Este, Esse and Aquele
Ficar in Portuguese: Stay, Be Located and Become
Portuguese Imperfect Tense: The Pretérito Imperfeito Explained
Portuguese Negation: Where não Goes, and Why Two Negatives Stay Negative
Portuguese Noun Gender and Plurals: -o, -a and the Exceptions
Portuguese Numbers and Quantities: Cardinals, Fractions, Measures
Portuguese Object Pronoun Quirks: no-lo, no-la, and the Dative of Possession
Portuguese Object Pronouns: Where Brazilians Actually Put Them
Portuguese Passive Voice: ser + Participle, and the se That Replaces It
Por vs Para in Portuguese: The Two Words for For
Portuguese Possessives: meu, minha, seu and the Ambiguous seu
Portuguese Prepositions and Their Contractions: do, da, no, na
Portuguese Past Tense: The Preterite for Finished Actions
Portuguese Relative Pronouns: que, quem, onde, o qual, cujo
Portuguese Subjunctive: The Mood for Doubt, Wish and Maybe
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carro: worksheet, infographic and listicle
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This word is taught in chapter 2, lesson 6: Words 141-150.