carretilla elevadora
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kareˌtiʝa elebaˈdoɾa/ [ka.reˌt̪i.ʝa e.le.β̞aˈð̞o.ɾa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /kareˌtiʎa elebaˈdoɾa/ [ka.reˌt̪i.ʎa e.le.β̞aˈð̞o.ɾa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /kareˌtiʃa elebaˈdoɾa/ [ka.reˌt̪i.ʃa e.le.β̞aˈð̞o.ɾa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /kareˌtiʒa elebaˈdoɾa/ [ka.reˌt̪i.ʒa e.le.β̞aˈð̞o.ɾa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: ca‧rre‧ti‧lla e‧le‧va‧do‧ra
Noun
carretilla elevadora f (plural carretillas elevadoras)
- A forklift truck
- Synonyms: (Spain) carretilla, (Spain, colloquial) toro, autoelevador, (Latin America) montacargas, (Chile) grúa horquilla, (Argentina, Uruguay) mula
Derived terms
Further reading
- “carretilla elevadora”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024