carretear
Spanish, verb/kareteˈaɾ/
carretear is spelled C-A-R-R-E-T-E-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish, the 96,067th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Carretear is a Spanish verb meaning “to cart, haul” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Salir de fiesta o divertirse en un carrete”.
What does carretear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to cart, haul
- 2
Mexicoto taxi a plane
- 3
colloquialto party
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Salir de fiesta o divertirse en un carrete.
verb: 1. Llevar algo en una carreta o en un carro. 2. Conducir, manejar una carreta o un carro.
verb: 1. Correr el avión con sus ruedas sobre la pista antes de despegar y luego de aterrizar. 2. Transitar lentamente. 3. Tratar de seducir a alguien con cumplidos y piropos.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of carretear
- carreteo first-person present singular
- carreteé first-person preterite singular
- carreteado participle past
- carreteando gerund
- carreteada feminine participle past
- carreteados masculine participle past
- carreteadas feminine participle past
- carreteas indicative informal present
- carreteás indicative informal present
- carretea indicative present singular
- carreteamos first-person indicative plural
- carreteáis indicative plural present
- carretean indicative plural present
- carreteaba first-person imperfect indicative
- carreteabas imperfect indicative second-person
- carreteábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- carreteabais imperfect indicative plural
- carreteaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce carretear?
- /kareteˈaɾ/
- [ka.re.t̪eˈaɾ]
- [karet̪eˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to carretear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is carretear in Spanish?
carretear appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).