carrello

trolley, cart

noun kar-REL-loh Rare

Origin: Diminutive of carro (cart), from Latin carrus.

Also means

(airplane) undercarriage

Usage Note

Carrello covers a wide range of wheeled platforms: a shopping cart (carrello della spesa), a luggage trolley, a serving cart (carrello dei dolci at a restaurant), and the landing gear of an aircraft (carrello di atterraggio). The aviation sense is standard technical Italian, not slang.

Examples

"Il carrello dell'aereo si è aperto regolarmente."

Natural Translation

The aircraft's landing gear opened normally.

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