carretar

Galician

Etymology

14th century. From carreta (“cart, wagon”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kareˈtaɾ/

Verb

1. (transitive) to cart; to load and transport by means of a cart or wagon
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 486:

     Et alý acharõ quantas viandas quiserõ, et carretarõ et leuarõ quanta uianda se lles antollou.

     And they found there as many viands as they could want, and they loaded and carried as many as they wanted to

   • 1435, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI. Vigo: Galaxia, page 400:

     de trager Afonso Garçía, meestre da ponte d'Ourense, çento e viinte pedras delas duellas, e que sejan as pedras que sacou Johán Rodrigues, pedreiro, e de as trager e carretar á ponte d'Ourense

     to bring to Afonso Garcia, master of the bridge of Ourense, a hundred and twenty stones for [being worked as] voussoirs, and that these should be the ones extracted by Xohán Rodriguez, stonemason, and of bringing and carting them to the bridge of Ourense

   Synonym: carrexar

2. (transitive) to carry, to haul, to transport

   Synonyms: levar, transportar

3. (transitive, derogatory) to carry voters to the polling stations, usually with preselected ballots

Derived terms

• carreto

Related terms

• carreta
• carreteiro

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “carret”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “carretar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN