caro

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtsaro/

Noun

caro (accusative singular caron, plural caroj, accusative plural carojn)

1. tsar, czar

Etymology

From Latin cārus.

Noun

caro

1. dear; darling
   • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 128:

     Caro, cun quil visito bianco e russo.

     Dear, with that little white and red face.

Etymology

From Latin cārus.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -aro

Adjective

caro (feminine singular cara, masculine plural cari, feminine plural care)

1. dear (beloved, or in the salutation of a letter), sweetheart
2. dear, precious, expensive

Noun

caro m (plural cari, feminine cara)

1. dear (darling)

Anagrams

• acro, arco, ocra, orca, roca

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *karō, from Proto-Indo-European *ker-, *(s)ker-. Cognate with Dutch scheren, German scheren, Norwegian skjære, Swedish skära; and (from Indo-European) with Ancient Greek κείρω (keírō, “I cut off”), English shear, Albanian harr (“to cut, to mow”), Lithuanian skìrti (“separate”), Welsh ysgar (“separate”). See also sharp.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.roː/

Etymology 2

References

• caro in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• caro in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• caro in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• caro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to live on meat, fish, by plunder: vivere carne, piscibus, rapto (Liv. 7. 25)
    

Etymology

From Old Portuguese caro, from Latin cārus (“dear, beloved”), from Proto-Indo-European *kāro-.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ɾu/

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• Hyphenation: ca‧ro

Adjective

caro m (feminine singular cara, masculine plural caros, feminine plural caras, comparable)

1. greatly valued; dear; loved; lovable
2. of high price; expensive

Etymology

From Latin cārus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾo/

Adjective

caro (feminine singular cara, masculine plural caros, feminine plural caras)

1. dear (loved)

   Synonym: querido

2. expensive

   Synonym: costoso

   Antonyms: barato, económico

Adverb

caro

1. costly
   • 2009 June 4, Gerardo Lissardy, “Europa vota, con escepticismo y enfado”, in BBC Mundo‎:

     Europa celebra elecciones legislativas a partir de este jueves marcada por problemas políticos y una crisis económica que podrían costarle caro a los partidos gobernantes...

     Europe celebrates legislative elections this Thursday marked by political problems and an economic crisis that could be costly for the ruling parties...

Noun

caro m (plural cari)

1. wagon, cart, lorry, truck

Adjective

caro m (feminine singular cara, masculine plural cari, feminine plural care)

1. dear (all senses)

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkarɔ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkaːrɔ/, /ˈkarɔ/

Verb

caro

1. (literary) third-person singular present subjunctive of caru

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