Inherited fromLate Latin cara Ancient Greek κάρα ( kára ) .
cara f (plural caras
( anatomy ) face FromLate Latin Vulgar Latin cara Ancient Greek κάρα ( kára ,“ head, face ” ) .
cara f (plural cares
( anatomy ) face Synonym: rostru Inherited fromLate Latin Vulgar Latin cara Ancient Greek κάρα ( kára ,“ head, face ” ) .
cara f (plural cares
face ( front part of the head ) face ( public image ) heads ( side of a coin ) face ,surface See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
cara
feminine singular ofcar cara
wound cara
third-person singular past historic ofcarer IPA (key ) : /ˈkaɾa/ [ˈkɑ.ɾɐ] Rhymes:-aɾa Hyphenation:ca‧ra FromOld Galician-Portuguese cara Late Latin Vulgar Latin cara Ancient Greek κάρα ( kára ,“ head, face ” ) .
cara f (plural caras
face ( of a person or animal ) Synonym: rostro expression ;gesture 2016 , Malandrómeda,Encontro con !@#$%!! [song]:Os anos que botei soñando con este momentocaras The years I passed dreaming with this momentgestures Synonyms: aceno xesto surface ( face of a polyhedron ) cara
to Synonym: para See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
cara
feminine singular ofcaro Ernesto Xosé González Seoane ,María Álvarez de la Granja ,Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006 –2022 ) “cara ”, inDicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006 –2018 ) “cara ”, inCorpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández , editor (2006 –2013 ), “cara ”, inDicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández ,Ernesto Xosé González Seoane ,María Álvarez de la Granja , editors (2003 –2018 ), “cara ”, inTesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco , editor (2014 –2024 ), “cara ”, inTesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega ,→ISSN FromMalay cara Classical Malay cara
FromJavanese ꦕꦫ ( cara “ manner, way, custom, style, language ” ) , fromOld Javanese cara ,cāra ,ācāra ( “ behaviour, conduct ” ) , fromSanskrit आचार ( ācāra ,“ behaviour, good conduct; usage; custom; rule ” ) , fromSanskrit चर् ( car ,“ tomove , topractice ” ) .Doublet ofacara acaram , and ajar Alternatively, fromPersian چاره ( čâra ,“ remedy; help; business; scheme; means, manner, mode ” ) . cara (plural cara -cara
way manner Borrowed fromAmbonese Malay [Term?]
cara (plural cara -cara
( cooking ) a typical Ambon snack, made from a mixture of wheat flour, eggs, milk, butter, salt, sugar and liquid coconut milk, which is put into a special mold with a filling of sliced skipjack tuna and sauteed spices, topped with sliced red chilies, then baked [from 21th c.] FromMiddle Irish cara ( “ friend, relation ” ) (compareScottish Gaelic caraid Manx carrey Old Irish carae ( “ friend, relation ” ) ,[ 1] Proto-Celtic *karants ( “ friend ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros ( “ dear ” ) (compareLatin cārus English charity whore
cara m (genitive singular carad nominative plural cairde
friend Alternative genitive plural:carad ( in certain phrases, otherwise archaic ) Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019 ), “1 cara ”, ineDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931 )Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry § 36 20 ^ Finck, F. N. (1899 )Die araner mundart The Aran Dialect 147 ^ Ó Máille, T. S. (1974 )Liosta Focal as Ros Muc [Word List from Rosmuck Dublin ]: Irish University Press,→ISBN 36 ^ Ó Sé, Diarmuid (2000 )Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne [The Irish of Corkaguiny [ Linguistics Institute of Ireland] ,→ISBN 31 ^ Breatnach, Risteard B. (1947 )The Irish of Ring, Co. Waterford: A Phonetic Study , Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies,→ISBN 54 Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977 ) “cara ”, inFoclóir Gaeilge–Béarla , Dublin: An Gúm,→ISBN Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904 ) “cara”, inFoclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla , 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society,page117 de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959 ) “cara ”, inEnglish-Irish Dictionary , An Gúm“cara ”, inNew English-Irish Dictionary , Foras na Gaeilge,2013-2025 cara
feminine singular ofcaro cara f (plural care
female equivalent ofcaro cara
Romanization ofꦕꦫ Inflected form ofcārus ( “ beloved ” ) .
cāra
inflection ofcārus feminine nominative / vocative singular neuter nominative / accusative / vocative neuter plural cārā
ablative feminine singular ofcārus Apparently borrowed fromAncient Greek κάρᾱ ( kárā ,“ head, face ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂-(e)s-n- *ḱerh₂- ( “ top, head, horn ” ) . Cognate to Latincornū corvus crabrō cerebrum cernuus
Attested tenuously in a single late Latin glossary, where it is given as Greek, and then in medieval Latin documents from Spain. Appears in Romance languages with the meaning “face, facial features” (corresponding to Latinvultus
cara f (genitive carae first declension
( Late Latin , rare , glosses, Medieval Latin , uncertain) head Synonym: caput Corpus Glossariorum Latinorum,
4 587.8, (etymologising on Virgil's Georgics III, 269):
'Gargara' quasicara, caros, idest 'caput, capitis' (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation) Antidotarium Bambergense,
19 :
dente [ …] dolentibus etcarā satis antidotī adpositum prōdest (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation) First-declension noun.
North Italian: Northern Gallo-Romance: Southern Gallo-Romance: Ibero-Romance:Old Leonese:cara Old Galician-Portuguese:cara Old Spanish:cara “cara ” in theThesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access) “cara ”, inMittellateinisches Wörterbuch, digitalized in Wörterbuchnetz des Trier Center for Digital Humanities, Version 01/21 , 2021 June 2 (last accessed) cara inGaffiot, Félix (1934 )Dictionnaire illustré latin-français , Hachette. Johannes Niehoff-Panagiotidis (1994 )Koine und Diglossie (in German), Otto Harrassowitz Verlag,→ISBN page493 cara m
genitive singular ofcars FromSanskrit आचार ( ācāra ,“ behaviour, good conduct; usage; custom; rule ” ) , fromSanskrit चर् ( car ,“ tomove , topractice ” ) .
Alternatively, fromPersian چاره ( čâra ,“ remedy; help; business; scheme; means, manner, mode ” ) .
cara (Jawi spelling چارا plural cara -cara informal 1st possessive caraku ,2nd possessive caramu ,3rd possessive caranya )
manner ,means ,method style ,fashion > Indonesian:cara ( inherited ) > Peranakan Indonesian:tjara ( inherited ) FromOld Irish carae Proto-Celtic *karants ( “ friend ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros ( “ dear ” ) (compareLatin cārus English charity whore
cara
friend coscccarat ―a friend's advice relative Mutation ofcara radical lenition nasalization cara chara cara /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
cara
singular imperative ofcarian Borrowed fromSanskrit चर ( cara ,“ wandering, walking, moving ” ) .
cara
going walking cara
Alternative spelling ofcara ,cāra ,ācāra Alternative spelling ofcara ,pacara ,upacara ,upacāra Alternative spelling ofcaraṇa "cara" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson,Old Javanese-English Dictionary . 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982. cara f
Alternative spelling of kara Alternative scripts
𑀘𑀭 ( Brahmi script ) चर ( Devanagari script ) চর ( Bengali script ) චර ( Sinhalese script ) စရ ၸရ ( Burmese script ) จร จะระ ( Thai script ) ᨧᩁ ( Tai Tham script ) ຈຣ ຈະຣະ ( Lao script ) ចរ ( Khmer script ) 𑄌𑄢 ( Chakma script ) cara m
act of walking about , act offrequenting one whowalks about , one whofrequents messenger ,spy Declension table of "cara" (masculine)
→ Thai:จร ( jɔɔn ,“ to wander ” ) cara
second-person singular imperative active ofcarati ( “ to walk ” ) Pali Text Society (1921–1925 ) “cara ”, inPali-English Dictionary , London: Chipstead
IPA (key ) : /ˈt͡sa.ra/ Rhymes:-ara Syllabification:ca‧ra cara m pers
genitive / accusative singular ofcar
Rhymes:-aɾɐ Hyphenation:ca‧ra FromOld Galician-Portuguese cara Late Latin Vulgar Latin cara Ancient Greek κάρα ( kára ,“ head, face ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *ḱrh₂esn
cara f (plural caras
face Synonyms: face rosto heads ( side of coin ) Synonym: anverso Antonym: coroa cara ou coroahead or tails( informal ) resemblance ,appearance ( perceived characteristic of a person, object or situation ) Synonym: pinta Ele temcara de idiota. ―Helooks like an idiot. For quotations using this term, seeCitations:cara .
cara m (plural caras
( Brazil , informal ) man ,fellow ,guy and anyadult male Synonyms: bicho camarada cabra tipo 2024 August 31, Jeniffer Gularte, Mariana Muniz, quotingLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva , “Lula: Musk tem de respeitar decisão do STF”, inDiário do Pará Esse país não é um país que tem uma sociedade com complexo de vira-lata, que ocara [Elon Musk] gritou e a gente fica com medo. Essecara tem que aceitar as regras desse país. (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation) cara!
( Brazil , informal ) man !;dude !For quotations using this term, seeCitations:cara .
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
cara
feminine singular ofcaro ( “ expensive, dear ” ) FromSpanish cara Catalan cara Late Latin cara Ancient Greek κάρα ( kára ) .
cara f (plural caras
face Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964 ) “kára”, inDizionario etimologico sardo , Heidelberg Likely fromSpanish Catalan cara Late Latin cara Ancient Greek κάρᾱ ( kárā ) , fromProto-Hellenic *kárahə Proto-Indo-European *ḱérh₂sō ( “ top of the head/skull ” ) , derived from the root*ḱerh₂- ( “ head, horn, top ” ) .
cara f (plural cari ( rare )
face Synonym: fàccia 1957 The candlesticks ]”, inSassari véccia e nóba [Old and new Sassari Sassari véccia e nóba , Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni,2001 ,→ISBN 144 :Ma la più bèdda còsa, li baggianicara bruna, d’ócci risurani. But the most beautiful thing, [is] the brown-face d young girls with smiling eyes. (literally, “But the most beautiful thing, [are] the young girls of brownface , of smiling eyes. ”) countenance Synonyms: fàccia chiza Borrowed fromSpanish cala
cara f (plural cari
inlet ,cove Ugo Solinas (2016 )Vocabolario sassarese-italiano fraseologico ed etimologico , volume 1, Sestu: Domus de Janas,→ISBN 318 Giosue Muzzo (1981 )Vocabolario del dialetto sassarese , Chiarella Editore,→ISBN 2018 , page55 Rubattu, Antoninu (2006 )Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna , 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes IPA (key ) : /ˈkaɾa/ [ˈka.ɾa] Rhymes:-aɾa Syllabification:ca‧ra Inherited fromLate Latin Vulgar Latin cara Ancient Greek κάρα ( kára ,“ head, face ” ) .
cara f (plural caras
( anatomy ) face ( the front part of the head ) Synonyms: rostro haz face ( one's facial expression ) Sucara lo decía todo. Hisface said everything. face ( the frontal aspect of something ) Synonyms: frente fachada ( colloquial ) gall ,nerve ( impudence ) ( geometry ) face ( any of the flat bounding surfaces of a polyhedron ) side ( of paper, a card, a coin ) heads ( side of a coin ) Synonym: anverso Antonyms: cruz ( Argentina ) ceca See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
cara
feminine singular ofcaro cara
feminine singular ofcaro câr ( literary, third-person singular present/future ) caraf ( first-person singular future ) cariff ( colloquial, third-person singular future ) carith ( colloquial, third-person singular future ) cara
inflection ofcaru first-person singular future colloquial third-person singular present indicative / future literary second-person singular imperative Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
