carta

Etymology

From Latin charta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “papyrus, paper”).

Noun

carta f (plural cartes)

1. letter (written message)
2. playing card (one of usually 52 rectangular pieces of card)
3. map

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin charta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “papyrus, paper”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾ.tə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.tə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾ.ta/

Noun

carta f (plural cartes)

1. letter, card (which one writes to someone)
2. menu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaʁ.ta/
• Homophones: cartas, cartât

Verb

carta

1. third-person singular past historic of carter

Etymology

From Old Portuguese carta, from Latin charta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “papyrus, paper”).

Noun

carta f (plural cartas)

1. letter, correspondence
2. playing card
3. identification card
4. menu

Etymology

From Latin charta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “papyrus, paper”)

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

carta f (plural carte)

1. paper (the material)
2. map

   Synonyms: carta geografica, mappa, pianta

3. menu

Further reading

• carta on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

Etymology

See charta

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.ta/

Noun

carta f (genitive cartae); first declension

1. papyrus (sheet of)
2. letter etc

References

• carta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese carta, from Latin charta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “papyrus, paper”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkaʁ.ta/, /ˈkaʁ.tɐ/, /ˈkaɾ.ta/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾ.tɐ/
• Hyphenation: car‧ta

Noun

carta f (plural cartas)

1. letter (written message)
2. chart, map (visual representation of an area)
3. (card games) playing card (any of the 52 rectangular pieces of card used to play games)
4. (law) charter (document issued by some authority, creating a public or private institution, and defining its purposes and privileges)
5. (São Paulo, Portugal) driver's license (an official personal document that permits driving a vehicle)

See also

Playing cards in Portuguese · cartas de baralho (layout · text)
ás	dois, duque	três, terno	quatro, quadra	cinco, quina	seis, sena	sete, manilha
oito	nove	dez	valete	dama	rei	jóquer, joker, coringa, curinga

Noun

carta f

1. singular definite of cartă

Etymology

From Latin charta (“paper”), from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “papyrus”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkarta/, [ˈkart̪a]

• Audio (Latin America)

  (file)

Noun

carta f (plural cartas)

1. letter (document)
2. map

   Synonym: mapa

3. menu (list of dishes in a restaurant)

   Synonym: menú

4. playing card

Further reading

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