carreta
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of carreta
An Americanism first recorded in 1835–45; from Colonial Spanish (southwestern U.S.), Spanish, equivalent to carr(o) “cart” ( see car 1) + -eta noun suffix ( cf. -ette)
Example Sentences
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Learn about the hand-painted oxcarts of Costa Rica, the carreta, then make your own miniature carreta.
From New York Times ● Sep. 18, 2014
A young girl leaped out of the carreta, tripped nimbly across the square, in the direction of the church, and passed within the portal.
From The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico by L. Evans
The carreta is of itself a picture of primitive locomotion.
From The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico by L. Evans
From Tlaxiaco to Teposcolula, there was a cart-road, though it was possible that no carreta ever passed over it.
From In Indian Mexico (1908) by Frederick Starr
Put her in carreta and went back to Santa Fe.
From Bring Me His Ears by Clarence E. Mulford
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