cara

See also: Cara, čára, căra, carā, and cará

Asturian

Etymology

From Late Latin or Vulgar Latin cara, from Ancient Greek κάρα (kára, “head, face”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈka.ɾa]

Noun

cara f (plural cares)

1. (anatomy) face

Synonyms

• rostru

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ɾə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ɾa/
• Rhymes: -aɾa

Etymology 1

From Late Latin or Vulgar Latin cara, from Ancient Greek κάρα (kára, “head, face”).

Noun

cara f (plural cares)

1. face (front part of the head)
2. face (public image)
3. heads (side of a coin)
4. face, surface

Adjective

cara

1. feminine singular of car

Further reading

• “cara” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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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

Etymology

From Old Portuguese cara, from Late Latin or Vulgar Latin cara, from Ancient Greek κάρα (kára, “head, face”).

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 [Term?].

Noun

cara

1. way
2. manner

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Irish

Alternative forms

• caraid (Cois Fharraige)

Etymology

From Middle Irish cara (“friend, relation”) (compare Scottish Gaelic caraid, Manx carrey), from Old Irish carae (“friend, relation”), from Proto-Celtic *karants (“friend”), from Proto-Indo-European *kāro- (“dear”) (compare Latin cārus, English charity, whore).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑɾˠə/
• (Connemara, Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾˠə/

Noun

cara m (genitive singular carad, nominative plural cairde)

1. friend

Declension

Declension of cara

Fifth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative cara cairde Vocative a chara a chairde Genitive carad cairde Dative cara caraid (archaic, dialectal) cairde

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an cara na cairde Genitive an charad na gcairde Dative leis an gcara leis an gcaraid (archaic, dialectal) don chara don charaid (archaic, dialectal) leis na cairde

• Alternative genitive plural: carad (in certain phrases, otherwise archaic)

Derived terms

• anamchara (“spiritual adviser, confidant, kindred spirit, soulmate”)
• banchara (“lady friend”)
• cairdiúil (“friendly”, adjective)
• neaschara (“next friend”)

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.

References

• "cara" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “1 cara” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “cara” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.

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Italian

Adjective

cara f sg

1. feminine singular of caro

Noun

cara f (plural care)

1. feminine equivalent of caro

Anagrams

• arac, arca

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Latin

Etymology 1

Inflected form of cārus (“beloved”).

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

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Ancient Greek κάρα (kára, “head, face”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂-(e)s-n-.

Noun

cara f (genitive carae); first declension

1. face

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	cara	carae
genitive	carae	carārum
dative	carae	carīs
accusative	caram	carās
ablative	carā	carīs
vocative	cara	carae

Descendants

• Aragonese: cara
• Asturian: cara
• Catalan: cara
• Old French: chiere
  • French: chère
  • English: cheer

• Old Portuguese: cara
  • Fala: cara
  • Galician: cara
  • Portuguese: cara
• Old Spanish: cara
  • Spanish: cara

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Latvian

Noun

cara m

1. genitive singular form of cars

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Middle Irish

Alternative forms

• carait

Etymology

From Old Irish carae, from Proto-Celtic *karants (“friend”), from Proto-Indo-European *kāro- (“dear”) (compare Latin cārus, English charity, whore).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkara/

Noun

cara

1. friend

   coscc carat ― a friend's advice

2. relative

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cara, carait	carait, cairde
Vocative	cara, carait	cairde
Accusative	carait	cairdiu, cairde
Genitive	carat	carat, cairde
Dative	carait	cairdib

Descendants

• Irish: cara
• Scottish Gaelic: caraid
• Manx: carrey

Derived terms

• caratrad (“friendship, alliance”)

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
cara	chara	cara pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• “1 cara” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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Old Saxon

Noun

cara f

1. Alternative spelling of kara

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Polish

Noun

cara

1. genitive singular of car
2. accusative singular of car

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ɾa/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ɾɐ/
• Hyphenation: ca‧ra

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese cara, from Late Latin or Vulgar Latin cara, from Ancient Greek κάρα (kára, “head, face”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱrh₂esn.

Noun

cara f (plural caras)

1. face
2. heads (side of coin)
3. (informal) resemblance, appearance (perceived characteristic of a person, object or situation)

   Ele tem cara de idiota.

   He looks like an idiot.

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:cara.

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

• (heads) coroa

Derived terms

• cara-ou-coroa
• cara a cara

Noun

cara m (plural caras)

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

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:cara.

Synonyms

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

Etymology 2

From Latin cāra.

Adjective

cara f sg

1. Feminine singular of adjective caro.

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:caro.

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Sardinian

Noun

cara f

1. (Logudorese) face

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾa/

• Audio (Latin America)

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Etymology 1

From Late Latin or Vulgar Latin cara, from Ancient Greek κάρα (kára, “head, face”).

Noun

cara f (plural caras)

1. face
2. heads side of a coin

Antonyms

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

Derived terms

Terms derived from cara

• a la cara
• cara a
• cara a cara
• cara dura

• caradura
• cara larga
• cruzar la cara
• dar la cara

• plantar cara
• por la cara
• verse las caras

See also

• rostro m
• haz

Etymology 2

Adjective

cara f sg

1. Feminine singular of adjective caro.

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Venetian

Adjective

cara f sg

1. feminine singular of caro

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Welsh

Alternative forms

• câr (literary, third-person singular present/future)
• caraf (first-person singular future)
• cariff (colloquial, third-person singular future)
• carith (colloquial, third-person singular future)

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkara/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːra/

Verb

cara

1. inflection of caru:
   1. (colloquial) first-person singular future
   2. (literary) third-person singular present indicative / future
   3. second-person singular imperative

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cara	gara	nghara	chara
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.