cárter

See also: carter, Carter, and čarter

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: cár‧ter

Noun

cárter m (plural cárteres or cárters)

  1. crankcase; sump (metallic cover around an automobile’s crankshaft)

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkaɾteɾ/ [ˈkaɾ.t̪eɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾteɾ
  • Syllabification: cár‧ter

Noun

cárter m (plural cárters or cárteres)

  1. crankcase; sump; oil pan
  2. chain guard

Further reading

  • cárter”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
  • Manuel Seco; Olimpia Andrés; Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023), “cárter”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]