carota

Etymology

From Latin carōta, from Ancient Greek κᾰρῶτον (karôton).

Noun

carota f (plural carotes)

1. carrot

Etymology

From Latin carōta, from Ancient Greek κᾰρωτόν (karōtón).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈrɔta/

Noun

carota f (plural carote)

1. carrot
2. core, core sample

Verb

carota

1. third-person singular present indicative of carotare
2. second-person singular imperative of carotare

Anagrams

• carato, caratò, cataro, coarta, corata, croata

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κᾰρῶτον (karôton, “carrot”), possibly derived from κάρᾱ (kárā, “head”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kaˈroː.ta/

Noun

carōta f (genitive carōtae); first declension

1. carrot

References

• carota in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• carota in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) carotta

Etymology

From Latin carōta, from Ancient Greek κᾰρῶτον (karôton).

Noun

carota f (plural carotas)

1. (Sutsilvan) carrot

Etymology

Augmentative of cara (“face”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈɾota/, [kaˈɾot̪a]

Noun

carota f (plural carotas)

1. (colloquial) Facial expression reflecting rejection, dissatisfaction, anger, disapprobation, annoyance, etc.; face

   ¿Por qué vienes con tu carota, quién te hizo enojar?

   Why do you look annoyed, who made you angry?

   Conté el chiste y la vecina puso su carota

   I told the joke and the neighbour showed her annoyed face.

carota m (plural carotas)

1. cool customer

Further reading

• “carota” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.