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carro

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car; shopping cart

∗ noun

carro
masculine noun
1. cart (vehículo)
  • aguantar carros y carretas (figurative) -> to put up with a lot
  • ¡para el carro! -> hang on a minute! (espera)
  • subirse al carro de la tecnología -> to sign up for the new technology
  • carro de combate (military) -> tank
2. trolley (carrito) , cart (United States); pram (British), baby carriage (United States)
  • carro de la compra (de bebé) -> shopping trolley
3. carriage (de máquina de escribir)
4. car (automóvil) (Am salvo RP)
5. car (de tren) (Mexican Spanish)
  • carro comedor -> dining car
  • carro dormitorio -> sleeper

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carro [car’-ro]
noun
1. Cart, a carriage with two wheels, chariot, cart. (m)
  • Varas del carro -> shafts of a cart
  • Toldo del carro -> tilt, the cloth thrown over the hoops of a cart
2. A railway car. (m)
3. The running gear of a carriage without the body. (m)
4. (Astr.) The Greater Bear, a northern constellation. (m)
  • Carro menor -> the Lesser Bear
  • Carro de oro -> Brussels camlet, fine camlet
5. Manufactory for cables and other ship cordage. (Nautical) (m)
6. Measure for wood; a cartload. (m)
  • Medio carro de leña -> a cord of wood
  • Un carro de problemas -> (fig.) a whole load of problems
7. The bed of a printing-press. (m)
  • Carro de combate -> tank
  • Carro fúnebre -> hearse
  • Aguantar carros y carretas -> to put up with anything
  • Apearse del carro -> to back down

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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
si no puedes seguir su conversación no tienes más que pararles el carro diciéndoles que no entienes
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
le considerar un loco porque es incapaz de subirse al carro del oprtunismo
tirar del carro to do all the donkey work
untar el carro a algn to grease sb's palm
carro alegórico 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 (Latinoamérica) (coche) car; (taxi) cab; taxi; (vagón) carriage; car; especialmente (EEUU) (autobús) bus; coach
carro comedor (México) dining car; restaurant car
carro correo mail van
carro cuba tank truck
carro de mudanzas removal van; moving van; (EEUU)
carro dormitorio (México) sleeping car
carro fúnebre hearse
carro tranvía carro urbano tramcar; streetcar; (EEUU)
4 [de máquina de escribir] carriage
5 (carga) cartload
un carro de problemas a whole load of problems

Collins Complete Spanish Electronic Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

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