carretilla

Galician

A wheelbarrow

Alternative forms

• carretilha (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish carretilla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kareˈtiɟa/ [kɑ.reˈt̪i.ɟɐ]
• Rhymes: -iɟa
• Hyphenation: ca‧rre‧ti‧lla

Noun

carretilla f (plural carretillas)

1. wheelbarrow (small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand)

   Synonyms: carreta, carretillo

2. forklift, lift truck, jitney, fork truck (a small industrial vehicle with a power-operated fork-like pronged platform that can be raised and lowered for insertion under a load, often on pallets, to be lifted and moved)

   Synonym: carretilla elevadora

Spanish

Etymology

From carreta +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kareˈtiʝa/ [ka.reˈt̪i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kareˈtiʝa/ [ka.reˈt̪i.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /kareˈtiʎa/ [ka.reˈt̪i.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kareˈtiʃa/ [ka.reˈt̪i.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kareˈtiʒa/ [ka.reˈt̪i.ʒa]

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• Rhymes: -iʝa

• Rhymes: -iʝa
• Rhymes: -iʎa
• Rhymes: -iʃa
• Rhymes: -iʒa

• Syllabification: ca‧rre‧ti‧lla

Noun

carretilla f (plural carretillas)

1. wheelbarrow (small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand)
2. forklift (a small industrial vehicle with a power-operated fork-like pronged platform that can be raised and lowered for insertion under a load, often on pallets, to be lifted and moved)

   Synonyms: carretilla elevadora, grúa horquilla, montacargas, (colloquial) toro

Derived terms

• carretilla eléctrica

Further reading

• “carretilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10