Kilo Lingo

la

feminine

/kaˈreta/

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Translation

cart, wagon

Word origin

From carro plus the suffix -eta, from Latin carrus ('wheeled vehicle'), a word of Gaulish Celtic origin.

Origin
Latin
Root
carrus
English cognates
car, cart, carriage

Grammar

Genderfeminine
Pluralcarretas

Examples

bueyes cargada heno.

The oxen were pulling a cart loaded with hay.

.

The wagon moved slowly along the dirt track.

Cargaron .

They loaded the harvest onto the cart.

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One wheel of the cart broke in the mud.

¡ , !

Get on the cart, we are leaving!

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This word is part of lesson 94.