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Cara

Cara

See also: cara, cará, carā, căra, čára, and çara

English

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Cara

  1. A female given name.

See also

Anagrams

cara

cara

See also: Cara, čára, căra, carā, and cará

Asturian

Noun

cara f (plural cares)

  1. (anatomy) face
Synonyms

Catalan

Etymology

From Late Latin or Vulgar Latin cara, from Ancient Greek κάρα (kára, head, face).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkaɾə/
  • Rhymes: -aɾa

Noun

cara f (plural cares)

  1. face

Crimean Tatar

Noun

cara

  1. wound

Declension

Derived terms


French

Pronunciation

Verb

cara

  1. third-person singular past historic of carer

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese cara, from Late Latin or Vulgar Latin cara, from Ancient Greek κάρα (kára, head, face).

Noun

cara f (plural caras)

  1. face (of a person or animal)
  2. surface (face of a polyhedron)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Sanskrit [Term?].

Noun

cara

  1. way
  2. manner

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish cara (friend, relation) (compare Scottish Gaelic caraid, Manx carrey), from Old Irish carae (friend, relation), from Proto-Celtic *karants (friend), from Proto-Indo-European *kāro- (dear) (compare Latin cārus, English charity, whore).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster, Aran) IPA(key): /ˈkɑɾˠə/
  • (Connemara, Mayo, Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkaɾˠə/

Noun

cara m (genitive singular carad, nominative plural cairde)

  1. friend

Declension

  • Alternative genitive plural: carad (in certain phrases, otherwise archaic)

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cara chara gcara
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • "cara" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • 1 cara” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “cara” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.

Italian

Adjective

cara f sg

  1. feminine singular of caro

Noun

cara f (plural care)

  1. feminine equivalent of caro

Anagrams


Latin

Etymology 1

Inflected form of cārus (beloved).

Adjective

cāra

  1. nominative feminine singular of cārus
  2. nominative neuter plural of cārus
  3. accusative neuter plural of cārus
  4. vocative feminine singular of cārus
  5. nominative neuter plural of cārus

cārā

  1. ablative feminine singular of cārus

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Ancient Greek κάρα (kára, head, face), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂-(e)s-n-.

Noun

cara f (genitive carae); first declension

  1. face
Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative cara carae
genitive carae carārum
dative carae carīs
accusative caram carās
ablative carā carīs
vocative cara carae
Descendants

Latvian

Noun

cara m

  1. genitive singular form of cars

Middle Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish carae, from Proto-Celtic *karants (friend), from Proto-Indo-European *kāro- (dear) (compare Latin cārus, English charity, whore).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkara/

Noun

cara

  1. friend
    coscc carat ― a friend's advice
  2. relative

Declension

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cara, carait carait, cairde
Vocative cara, carait cairde
Accusative carait cairdiu, cairde
Genitive carat carat, cairde
Dative carait cairdib

Descendants

Derived terms

  • caratrad (friendship, alliance)

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
cara chara cara
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • 1 cara” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Old Saxon

Noun

cara f

  1. Alternative spelling of kara

Polish

Noun

cara

  1. genitive singular of car
  2. accusative singular of car

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈka.ɾa/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈka.ɾɐ/
  • Hyphenation: ca‧ra

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese cara, from Late Latin or Vulgar Latin cara, from Ancient Greek κάρα (kára, head, face), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱrh₂esn.

Noun

cara f (plural caras)

  1. face
  2. heads (side of coin)
  3. (informal) resemblance, appearance (perceived characteristic of a person, object or situation)
    Ele tem cara de idiota.
    He looks like an idiot.
Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:cara.

Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms

Noun

cara m (plural caras)

  1. (Brazil, colloquial) man, fellow, guy and any adult male
Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:cara.

Synonyms

Etymology 2

From Latin cāra.

Adjective

cara f sg

  1. Feminine singular of adjective caro.
Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:caro.


Sardinian

Noun

cara f

  1. (Logudorese) face

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkaɾa/

Etymology 1

From Late Latin or Vulgar Latin cara, from Ancient Greek κάρα (kára, head, face).

Noun

cara f (plural caras)

  1. face
  2. heads side of a coin
Antonyms
  • (heads side of a coin): ceca (Argentina)
Derived terms

See also

Etymology 2

Adjective

cara f sg

  1. Feminine singular of adjective caro.

Venetian

Adjective

cara f sg

  1. feminine singular of caro

Welsh

Alternative forms

  • câr (literary, third-person singular present/future)
  • caraf (first-person singular future)
  • cariff (colloquial, third-person singular future)
  • carith (colloquial, third-person singular future)

Pronunciation

Verb

cara

  1. (colloquial) first-person singular future of caru
  2. (literary) third-person singular present / future of caru
  3. second-person singular imperative of caru

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cara gara nghara chara
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.