carrear

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese carrejar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from carro (“cart, wagon”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɑreˈaɾ]

Verb

carrear (first-person singular present carreo, first-person singular preterite carreei, past participle carreado)
carrear (first-person singular present carreio, first-person singular preterite carreei, past participle carreado, reintegrationist norm)

1. alternative form of carrexar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of carrear

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	carrear
Personal	carrear	carreares	carrear	carrearmos	carreardes	carrearen
Gerund
	carreando
Past participle
Masculine	carreado			carreados
Feminine	carreada			carreadas
Indicative
Present	carreo	carreas	carrea	carreamos	carreades	carrean
Imperfect	carreaba	carreabas	carreaba	carreabamos	carreabades	carreaban
Preterite	carreei	carreaches	carreou	carreamos	carreastes	carrearon
Pluperfect	carreara	carrearas	carreara	carrearamos	carrearades	carrearan
Future	carrearei	carrearás	carreará	carrearemos	carrearedes	carrearán
Conditional	carrearía	carrearías	carrearía	carreariamos	carreariades	carrearían
Subjunctive
Present	carree	carrees	carree	carreemos	carreedes	carreen
Imperfect	carrease	carreases	carrease	carreásemos	carreásedes	carreasen
Future	carrear	carreares	carrear	carrearmos	carreardes	carrearen
Imperative
Affirmative		carrea	carree	carreemos	carreade	carreen
Negative (non)		non carrees	non carree	non carreemos	non carreedes	non carreen

    Reintegrated conjugation of carrear (e may become ei when stressed) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	carrear
Personal	carrear	carreares	carrear	carrearmos	carreardes	carrearem
Gerund
	carreando
Past participle
Masculine	carreado			carreados
Feminine	carreada			carreadas
Indicative
Present	carreio, carreo1	carreias, carreas1	carreia, carrea1	carreamos	carreades, carreais	carreiam, carream1
Imperfect	carreava	carreavas	carreava	carreávamos	carreávades, carreáveis, carreávais1	carreavam
Preterite	carreei	carreaste, carreache1	carreou	carreamos	carreastes	carreárom, carrearam
Pluperfect	carreara	carrearas	carreara	carreáramos	carreárades, carreáreis, carreárais1	carrearam
Future	carrearei	carrearás	carreará	carrearemos	carrearedes, carreareis	carrearám, carrearão
Conditional	carrearia	carrearias	carrearia	carrearíamos	carrearíades, carrearíeis, carrearíais1	carreariam
Subjunctive
Present	carreie, carree1	carreies, carrees1	carreie, carree1	carreemos	carreedes, carreeis	carreiem, carreem1
Imperfect	carreasse	carreasses	carreasse	carreássemos	carreássedes, carreásseis	carreassem
Future	carrear	carreares	carrear	carrearmos	carreardes	carrearem
Imperative
Affirmative		carreia, carrea1	carreie, carree1	carreemos	carreade, carreai	carreiem, carreem1
Negative (nom)		nom carreies, nom carrees1	nom carreie, nom carree1	nom carreemos	nom carreedes, nom carreeis	nom carreiem, nom carreem1

¹Less recommended.

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “carrejar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “carrear”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “carrear”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “carrear”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “carrear”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “carrear”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ʁeˈa(ʁ)/ [ka.heˈa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ʁeˈa(ʁ)/ [ka.heˈa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ka.ʁeˈa(ɾ)/ [ka.heˈa(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ka.ʁeˈa(ʁ)/ [ka.χeˈa(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ka.ʁeˈa(ɻ)/ [ka.heˈa(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈʁjaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈʁjaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈʁja.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: car‧re‧ar

Verb

carrear (first-person singular present carreio, first-person singular preterite carreei, past participle carreado)

1. to lead
2. to drive

Conjugation

    Conjugation of carrear (e becomes ei when stressed) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	carrear
Personal	carrear	carreares	carrear	carrearmos	carreardes	carrearem
Gerund
	carreando
Past participle
Masculine	carreado			carreados
Feminine	carreada			carreadas
Indicative
Present	carreio	carreias	carreia	carreamos	carreais	carreiam
Imperfect	carreava	carreavas	carreava	carreávamos	carreáveis	carreavam
Preterite	carreei	carreaste	carreou	carreamos1, carreámos2	carreastes	carrearam
Pluperfect	carreara	carrearas	carreara	carreáramos	carreáreis	carrearam
Future	carrearei	carrearás	carreará	carrearemos	carreareis	carrearão
Conditional	carrearia	carrearias	carrearia	carrearíamos	carrearíeis	carreariam
Subjunctive
Present	carreie	carreies	carreie	carreemos	carreeis	carreiem
Imperfect	carreasse	carreasses	carreasse	carreássemos	carreásseis	carreassem
Future	carrear	carreares	carrear	carrearmos	carreardes	carrearem
Imperative
Affirmative		carreia	carreie	carreemos	carreai	carreiem
Negative (não)		não carreies	não carreie	não carreemos	não carreeis	não carreiem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “carrear”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “carrear”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Verb

carrear (first-person singular present carreo, first-person singular preterite carreé, past participle carreado)

1. (archaic) to transport; to carry; to haul

   Synonym: acarrear

2. (Internet slang, reflexive) to carry, to have the ability or enough power to carry a team to victory single-handedly

   Se está carreando la partida.

   He's carrying the game.

3. (Internet slang) to be good or important in a place

   Los españoles carreamos en Twitch.

   We Spaniards carry on Twitch.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of carrear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			carrear
gerund			carreando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		carreado		carreada
		plural		carreados		carreadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	carreo	carreastú carreásvos	carrea	carreamos	carreáis	carrean
	imperfect	carreaba	carreabas	carreaba	carreábamos	carreabais	carreaban
	preterite	carreé	carreaste	carreó	carreamos	carreasteis	carrearon
	future	carrearé	carrearás	carreará	carrearemos	carrearéis	carrearán
	conditional	carrearía	carrearías	carrearía	carrearíamos	carrearíais	carrearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	carree	carreestú carreésvos2	carree	carreemos	carreéis	carreen
	imperfect (ra)	carreara	carrearas	carreara	carreáramos	carrearais	carrearan
	imperfect (se)	carrease	carreases	carrease	carreásemos	carreaseis	carreasen
	future1	carreare	carreares	carreare	carreáremos	carreareis	carrearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		carreatú carreávos	carree	carreemos	carread	carreen
	negative		no carrees	no carree	no carreemos	no carreéis	no carreen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of carrear

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive carrear	dative	carrearme	carrearte	carrearle, carrearse	carrearnos	carrearos	carrearles, carrearse
	accusative	carrearme	carrearte	carrearlo, carrearla, carrearse	carrearnos	carrearos	carrearlos, carrearlas, carrearse
with gerund carreando	dative	carreándome	carreándote	carreándole, carreándose	carreándonos	carreándoos	carreándoles, carreándose
	accusative	carreándome	carreándote	carreándolo, carreándola, carreándose	carreándonos	carreándoos	carreándolos, carreándolas, carreándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative carrea	dative	carréame	carréate	carréale	carréanos	not used	carréales
	accusative	carréame	carréate	carréalo, carréala	carréanos	not used	carréalos, carréalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative carreá	dative	carreame	carreate	carreale	carreanos	not used	carreales
	accusative	carreame	carreate	carrealo, carreala	carreanos	not used	carrealos, carrealas
with formal second-person singular imperative carree	dative	carréeme	not used	carréele, carréese	carréenos	not used	carréeles
	accusative	carréeme	not used	carréelo, carréela, carréese	carréenos	not used	carréelos, carréelas
with first-person plural imperative carreemos	dative	not used	carreémoste	carreémosle	carreémonos	carreémoos	carreémosles
	accusative	not used	carreémoste	carreémoslo, carreémosla	carreémonos	carreémoos	carreémoslos, carreémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative carread	dative	carreadme	not used	carreadle	carreadnos	carreaos	carreadles
	accusative	carreadme	not used	carreadlo, carreadla	carreadnos	carreaos	carreadlos, carreadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative carreen	dative	carréenme	not used	carréenle	carréennos	not used	carréenles, carréense
	accusative	carréenme	not used	carréenlo, carréenla	carréennos	not used	carréenlos, carréenlas, carréense

Further reading

• “carrear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025