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căra

Pronunciation: /kəˈra/

“căra” is a Romanian word. Its 2 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to carry, bear, transport
  2. to buzz off, bounce (go away)

In Romanian

  1. (v.tranz.) a duce ceva dintr-un loc în altul; a transporta (în cantități mari).
  2. (v.refl.) (rar) a se duce dintr-un loc în altul.
  3. (fam.) a pleca repede (și pe furiș) de undeva.

Etymology

Probably from a Vulgar Latin root *carrāre, from Latin carrus. Compare Sardinian carrare. Other Romance cognates seem to have come from a root *carriāre. Related through French to English carry.

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