caréta
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See also: careta
Macanese[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Merger of Portuguese careta (sense 3) and carreta. Senses 1 and 2 are a calque of Cantonese 車/车 (ce1), although influence from Portuguese carro also possible.
Noun[edit]
caréta
- car
- caréta dôdo ― a fast car
- (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
- a grimace, frown
- Synonym: bóca-torto
- fazê caréta ― to grimace (literally, “to make grimace(s)”)
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Venetian[edit]
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Noun[edit]
caréta f (plural caréte)