carretilla
Galician
A wheelbarrow
Etymology
From Spanish carretilla.
Noun
carretilla f (plural carretillas)
- wheelbarrow (small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand)
- Synonym: carreta
- 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.
Noun
carretilla f (plural carretillas)
- wheelbarrow (small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand)
- 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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014