carroça
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈʁɔ.sɐ/ [kaˈhɔ.sɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kaˈʁɔ.sɐ/ [kaˈχɔ.sɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈʁɔ.sa/ [kaˈhɔ.sa]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐˈʁɔ.sɐ/
- Rhymes: -ɔsɐ
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Italian carrozza (“carriage”).
Noun
carroça f (plural carroças)
- cart (small, open, wheeled vehicle, drawn or pushed by a person or animal)
- (derogatory) a slow, old or low-quality car
- Synonyms: calhambeque, lata-velha
Derived terms
Related terms
- carro
- carroçaria
- carroçável
- carroceria
Descendants
- → Tetum: karrosa
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
carroça
- inflection of carroçar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “carroça”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “carroça”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025