cara

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

Asturian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈka.ɾa]

Noun

cara f (plural cares)

  1. (anatomy) face
    Synonym: rostru

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ˈka.ɾə/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈka.ɾa/
  • Rhymes: -aɾa

Etymology 1

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

Noun

cara f (plural cares)

  1. face (front part of the head)
  2. face (public image)
  3. heads (side of a coin)
  4. face, surface

Adjective

cara f sg

  1. feminine singular of car

Further reading

Crimean Tatar

Noun

cara

  1. wound

Declension

Derived terms

  • carağa tuz basmaq (“rub salt in the wound”)
  • carasın teşmek (“scratch one's wound”)

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 आचार (ācāra, “behaviour, good conduct; usage; custom; rule”). Alternatively, from Persian چاره‎ (čâra, “remedy; help; business; scheme; means, manner, mode”).

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

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.

Further reading

  • "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, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
  • Entries containing “cara” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “cara” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Italian

Adjective

cara f sg

  1. Feminine singular of adjective 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

Borrowed 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

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativecara, caraitcarait, cairde
Vocativecara, caraitcairde
Accusativecaraitcairdiu, cairde
Genitivecaratcarat, cairde
Dativecaraitcairdib

Derived terms

Descendants

Mutation

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

Further reading

  • “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
    Synonyms: face, rosto
  2. heads (side of coin)
    cara ou coroa ― head or tails
    Synonym: anverso
    Antonym: coroa
  3. (informal) resemblance, appearance (perceived characteristic of a person, object or situation)
    Ele tem cara de idiota.
    He looks like an idiot.
Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:cara.

Derived terms

Noun

cara m (plural caras)

  1. (Brazil, colloquial) man, fellow, guy and any adult male
    Synonyms: bicho, camarada, cabra, tipo
Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:cara.

Etymology 2

From Latin cāra.

Adjective

cara

  1. Feminine singular of adjective caro.
Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:caro.

Sardinian

Noun

cara f

  1. (Logudorese) face

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkaɾa/
  • Audio (Latin America)(file)

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
    Antonym: ceca (Argentina)
Derived terms

See also

Etymology 2

Adjective

cara

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

Mutation

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