carona

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish carona (“saddle”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈɾõ.nɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈɾo.na/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈɾo.nɐ/

Hyphenation: ca‧ro‧na

Noun

carona f (plural caronas)

(Brazil) hitchhiking (act of a free transportation in a vehicle)
Synonym: (Portugal) boleia
(Brazil) ride, lift; carpool
Você pode, por favor, me dar uma carona?
Can you please give me a ride?
(Brazil) hitchhiker

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaˈɾona/ [kaˈɾo.na]
Rhymes: -ona
Syllabification: ca‧ro‧na

Noun

carona f (plural caronas)

saddle pad
- 1888, Eduardo Acevedo Díaz, Ismael:
  Los últimos que llegaban del rodeo desensillaban y largaban sus pinos sudorosos, dándoles un golpecito con las riendas en los cuartos, después de acariciarles con dos o tres palmadas el cuello, y de pasarles de la cruz a la cola el lomo del cuchillo para refrescar la traspiración espumosa bien señalada por los bastos, las bajeras y la carona.
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Descendants

→ Portuguese: carona

Further reading

“carona”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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