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carro
MASCULINE NOUN
1. (automobile) (Latin America)
a. car
Mi pap me deja usar el carro los fines de semana.My dad lets me use the car on the weekends.
2. (at the supermarket)
a. cart (United States)
A veces me toca un carro con una llanta chueca en el supermercado.Sometimes I get a cart with a
crooked wheel at the supermarket.
b. trolley (United Kingdom)
Necesito el carro grande hoy que tengo much compra que hacer.I need the large trolley today as
I've got a lot of shopping to do.
3. (wagon)
a. cart
Todava se usan los carros de caballos en algunas ciudades grandes de Mxico.Horse carts are still
in use in some large Mexican cities.
4. (train compartment)
a. car
Cuntos carros tiene este tren?How many cars does this train have?
b. coach
Viajamos en carros de primera con nuestro pase Eurorail.We traveled in first class coaches with our
Eurorail pass.
c. carriage (United Kingdom)
Se debera ofrecer Wi-Fi gratis en todos los carros.Free Wi-Fi should be available on all carriages.
5. (military)
a. tank
El carro derrumb la fortificacin, abriendo camino para los soldados.The tank knocked down the
fortification, clearing the path for the soldiers.
6. (of a typewriter)
a. carriage
El carro de tu mquina necesita que lo engrasen.Your typewriter carriage needs to be oiled.
7. (colloquial) (figurative) (a lot)
a. cartload (colloquial) (figurative)
Jeremiah tiene un carro de deudas porque tiene seis tarjetas de crdito.Jeremiah has a cartload of
debts because he has six credit cards.
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carro
NOUN
1. (vehculo)
a. cart
2. (fig)
a. no direct translation
aguantar carros y carretasto put up with a lot
para el carro!hang on a minute!
subirse al carro de la tecnologato sign up for the new technology
3. (military)
a. no direct translation
carro de combatetank
4. (carrito)
a. trolley
b. cart (United States)
5. (de beb)
a. pram (United Kingdom)
b. baby carriage (United States)
carro de la comprashopping trolley
6. (de mquina de escribir)
a. carriage
7. (automvil) (Latin America)
a. car
8. (de tren) (Mexico)
a. car
carro comedordining car
carro dormitoriosleeper
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carro
1 (carreta) cart; waggon; wagon
aguantar carros y carretas to put up with anything

apearse o bajarse del carro to leave off; give it a rest (familiar)

para el carro! hold your horses!

pararle el carro a algn to tell sb to stop

poner el carro delante de las mulas o los bueyes to put the cart before the horse

subirse al carro to climb o jump on the bandwagon

tirar del carro to do all the donkey work

untar el carro a algn to grease sb's palm

carro alegrico float

carro aljibe water cart

carro de golf golf buggy

carro de guerra (Hist) chariot

carro de la compra shopping trolley; shopping cart; (EEUU)

2 (Mil) tank
carro blindado armoured car; armored car; (EEUU) armour-plated car; armor-plated car; (EEUU)

carro de asalto carro de combate tank

3 (Latinoamrica) (coche) car; (taxi) cab; taxi; (vagn) carriage; car; especialmente (EEUU) (autob
s) bus; coach
carro comedor (Mxico) dining car; restaurant car

carro correo mail van

carro cuba tank truck

carro de mudanzas removal van; moving van; (EEUU)

carro dormitorio (Mxico) sleeping car

carro fnebre hearse

carro tranva carro urbano tramcar; streetcar; (EEUU)

4 [de mquina de escribir] carriage

5 (carga) cartload
un carro de problemas a whole load of problems
Collins Complete Spanish Electronic Dictionary HarperCollins Publishers 2011

Phrases with "carro"

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carro viejo old car

lavar el carro to wash the car
en carro by car
el carro y yo estbamos listos para the car and me were ready for
vi un carro de la I saw a ... car
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