cara

See also Cara, čára, and căra

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkaɾə/, SAMPA: /"ka4@/
• Rhymes: -aɾə

Noun

cara f. (plural cares)

1. face

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Crimean Tatar

Noun

cara

1. wound

Declension

    declension of cara

nominative	cara
genitive	caranıñ
dative	carağa
accusative	caranı
locative	carada
ablative	caradan

Derived terms

• Carağa tuz basmaq : rub salt in the wound
• Carasın teşmek  : scratch one's wound

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French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: caras, carât

Verb

cara

1. third-person singular past historic of carer

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Galician

Noun

cara f. (plural caras)

1. face (of a person or animal)
2. surface (face of a polyhedron)

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Sanskrit

Noun

cara

1. way
2. manner

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cara (“friend, relation”) (compare Scottish Gaelic caraid, Manx carrey), from Proto-Celtic *karant- (“friend”), from Proto-Indo-European *ka- (“to like, desire”) (compare Latin cārus, English charity, whore).

Noun

cara m.

1. friend

Declension

Fifth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative cara cairde Vocative a chara a chairde Genitive carad cairde Dative cara cairde

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an cara na cairde Genitive an charad na gcairde Dative leis an gcara don chara leis na cairde

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.

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Italian

Adjective

cara

1. feminine of caro

Noun

cara f. (plural care)

1. feminine of caro

Anagrams

• arac
• arca

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Latin

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

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Logudorese Sardinian

Noun

cara f.

1. face

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA: /ˈka.ɾa/

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek κάρα (kára, “head, face”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱrh₂esn.

Noun

cara f. (plural caras)

1. face
2. heads (side of coin)

Synonyms

• (face): face, rosto
• (heads of a coin): anverso

Antonyms

• (heads) coroa

Derived terms

• cara-ou-coroa

Noun

cara m. (plural caras)

1. (colloquial) man, fellow, guy and any adult male

Synonyms

• (colloquial word referring to a human male): bicho, camarada, cabra, tipo

Etymology 2

From Latin cāra.

Adjective

cara

1. feminine form of caro (expensive)

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Spanish

Etymology 1

Latin cara.

Compare Ancient Greek κάρα (kara, “head, face”).

Noun

cara f. (plural caras)

1. face
2. heads side of a coin

Antonyms

• (heads side of a coin): ceca (Argentina)

See also

• rostro m.

Etymology 2

Adjective

cara

1. feminine singular form of caro

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Venetian

Adjective

cara f.

1. feminine form of caro