heypolyglot
Italian

carretto

/karˈret.to/noun · masculineB2
Extended vocabulary · Vocabulary rank 7,323

Meaning

cart, handcart

  • a small two-wheeled cart pulled by hand or by a draft animal
  • a small mobile vendor stall (e.g. for ice cream or street food)

In a sentence

I bambini correvano felici verso il carretto dei gelati.

The children ran happily toward the ice cream cart.

Il contadino trasportava la legna su un vecchio carretto.

The farmer was transporting wood on an old cart.

In piazza c'era un carretto di legno pieno di fiori freschi.

In the square there was a wooden cart full of fresh flowers.

Word forms (2)
WordWord forms
carrettomasculine · singular
carrettimasculine · plural

Usage notes

  • Diminutive of 'carro'.

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