caréta

• careta, carêta

Merger of Portuguese careta (sense 3) and carreta. Senses 1 and 2 are a semantic loan from Cantonese 車 / 车 (ce¹), although influence from Portuguese carro also possible.

caréta

1. car

   caréta dôdo ― a fast car

2. (more generally) any kind of vehicle

   careta di suzo ― cart formerly used to collect excrement (literally, “cart of excrement”)

   pussâ carêta ― to pull a rickshaw

   sentâ caréta ― to go by vehicle (as opposed to on foot)

   Unga careta já choncâ na otrunga

   A vehicle collided with another

3. a grimace, frown

   Synonym: bóca-torto

   fazê caréta ― to grimace (literally, “to make grimace(s)”)

• sentâ caréta as a phrase is a calque of Cantonese 坐車 / 坐车 (co⁵ ce¹).

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm

Compare Italian carretta

caréta f (plural caréte)

1. cart
2. trailer (of a car)

• caretin
• careton