autocarro

Italian

Etymology

From auto- (“car”) +‎ carro (“wagon”), calquing English and French autocar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aw.toˈkar.ro/
• Rhymes: -arro
• Hyphenation: au‧to‧càr‧ro

• Audio:

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Noun

autocarro m (plural autocarri)

1. lorry/truck

   Synonyms: autotreno, camion

Further reading

• autocarro in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• autocarro in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• autocarro in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• autocàrro in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• autocarro in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
• autocarro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Autocarro

Etymology

From auto- +‎ carro, a calque from English and French autocar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌaw.toˈka.ʁu/ [ˌaʊ̯.toˈka.hu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌaw.toˈka.ʁu/ [ˌaʊ̯.toˈka.hu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌaw.toˈka.ʁu/ [ˌaʊ̯.toˈka.χu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌaw.toˈka.ʁo/ [ˌaʊ̯.toˈka.ho]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌaw.tɔˈka.ʁu/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aʁu
• Hyphenation: au‧to‧car‧ro

Noun

autocarro m (plural autocarros)

1. (Portugal) bus (vehicle)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:ônibus

   Hypernym: veículo

Further reading

• “autocarro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “autocarro”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “autocarro”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “autocarro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026