carona
Portuguese, noun/kaˈɾõ.nɐ/
carona is spelled C-A-R-O-N-A (6 letters) and appears 8.7 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 8,159th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Carona is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “hitchhiking (act of a free transportation in a vehicle)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also an augmentative of cara (“face”). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de transportar em um veículo, normalmente de forma gratuita”.
What does carona mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilfemininehitchhiking (act of a free transportation in a vehicle)
- 2
Brazilfeminineride, lift; carpool
Você pode, por favor, me dar uma carona?
- 3
Brazilfemininehitchhiker
noun
- 1
feminineaugmentative of cara (“face”)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato de transportar em um veículo, normalmente de forma gratuita 2. peça de arreio
noun: 1. pessoa transportada em veículo na condição de não guiadora do mesmo
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of carona
- caronas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce carona?
- Brazil /kaˈɾõ.nɐ/
- Portugal /kɐˈɾo.nɐ/
- /kaˈɾõna/_(plural:) /kaˈɾõnas/ ou /kaˈɾõnaʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to carona
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is carona in Portuguese?
carona appears 8.7 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).