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carreira

Meaning

  1. (feminine) path, trail (particularly one which had to be opened)
  2. (feminine) trail left by a moving vehicle
  3. (feminine) career (one's profession)
  4. (feminine) line, row
  5. (Brazil, feminine, informal) line, row
  6. (feminine) route (a regular itinerary of stops)
  7. (feminine) race
  8. (feminine) rush, run

Synonyms

ónibus

Esportes de corrida

Autocarro

Ônibus

auto-ônibus

Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kaˈʁe(j).ɾɐ/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese carreira, from Early Medieval Latin via carrāria, from Latin carrus, from Gaulish *karros, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós, from *ḱers- (“to run”).. Compare Galician carreira and Spanish carrera. By surface analysis, carro + -eira.

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