cara

See also: Cara, čara, čára, căra, carā, cará, and cà rá

Aragonese

Etymology

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Noun

cara f (plural caras)

1. (anatomy) face

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) , “cara”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

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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

   Synonym: 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

Derived terms

• acarar
• amb cara i ulls
• cara a cara
• caraplè
• encarar

 

Adjective

cara f sg

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

• IPA^(key): /ka.ʁa/
• Homophones: caras, carât

Verb

cara

1. third-person singular past historic of carer

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Galician

Etymology 1

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)

Etymology 2

Adjective

cara

1. feminine singular of caro

Further reading

• “cara” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay cara, from Classical Malay cara

• From Sanskrit आचार (ācāra, “behaviour, good conduct; usage; custom; rule”), from Sanskrit चर् (car, “to move, to practice”). Doublet of acara.
• Alternatively, from Persian چاره‎ (čâra, “remedy; help; business; scheme; means, manner, mode”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃa.ra/
• Hyphenation: ca‧ra

Noun

cara (plural, first-person possessive caraku, second-person possessive caramu, third-person possessive caranya)

1. way
2. manner
3. style

   Synonyms: corak, gaya

4. effort

   Synonyms: ikhtiar, usaha

Further reading

• “cara” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

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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 *kéh₂ros (“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
• banchara
• cairdeach
• cairdiúil
• cara cnis
• neaschara

 

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.

Further reading

• "cara" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 cara”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “cara” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• Entries containing “cara” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “cara” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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Italian

Adjective

cara

1. feminine singular of caro

Noun

cara f (plural care)

1. female 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

Adjective

cārā

1. ablative feminine singular of cārus

Etymology 2

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

Noun

cara f (genitive carae); first declension

1. face

Declension

First-declension noun.

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
• Extremaduran: cara
• Gallurese: cera
• Ligurian: cêa
• Mirandese: cara
• Occitan: cara
• Old French: chiere
  • French: chère
  • English: cheer
• Old Portuguese: cara
  • Fala: cara
  • Galician: cara
  • Portuguese: cara
• Old Spanish: cara
  • Spanish: cara
• Piedmontese: cera
• Sassarese: cera

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Latvian

Noun

cara m

1. genitive singular form of cars

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Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit आचार (ācāra, “behaviour, good conduct; usage; custom; rule”), from Sanskrit चर् (car, “to move, to practice”)

Alternatively, from Persian چاره‎ (čâra, “remedy; help; business; scheme; means, manner, mode”).

Noun

cara (Jawi spelling چارا‎, plural cara-cara, informal 1st possessive caraku, impolite 2nd possessive caramu, 3rd possessive caranya)

1. manner, means, method
2. style, fashion

Further reading

• “cara” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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Middle Irish

Alternative forms

• carait

Etymology

From Old Irish carae, from Proto-Celtic *karants (“friend”), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros (“dear”) (compare Latin cārus, English charity, whore).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkarə/

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

Derived terms

• caratrad (“friendship, alliance”)

Descendants

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

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.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 cara”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Old Saxon

Noun

cara f

1. Alternative spelling of kara

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀘𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• चर (Devanagari script)
• চর (Bengali script)
• චර (Sinhalese script)
• စရ or ၸရ (Burmese script)
• จร or จะระ (Thai script)
• ᨧᩁ (Tai Tham script)
• ຈຣ or ຈະຣະ (Lao script)
• ចរ (Khmer script)

Noun

cara m

1. act of walking about, act of frequenting
2. one who walks about, one who frequents
3. messenger, spy

Declension

Declension table of "cara" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	caro	carā
Accusative (second)	caraṃ	care
Instrumental (third)	carena	carehi or carebhi
Dative (fourth)	carassa or carāya or caratthaṃ	carānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	carasmā or caramhā or carā	carehi or carebhi
Genitive (sixth)	carassa	carānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	carasmiṃ or caramhi or care	caresu
Vocative (calling)	cara	carā

Descendants

• → Thai: จร (jɔɔn, “to wander”)

Verb

cara

1. second-person singular imperative active of carati (“to walk”)

References

“cara”, in Pali Text Society, editor, Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead, 1921-1925.

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sa.ra/

Noun

cara m pers

1. genitive/accusative singular of car

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ɾɐ/
• (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

   Synonyms: face, rosto

2. heads (side of coin)

   cara ou coroa ― head or tails

   Synonym: anverso

   Antonym: coroa

3. (informal) resemblance, appearance (perceived characteristic of a person, object or situation)

   Ele tem cara de idiota.

   He looks like an idiot.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:cara.

Derived terms

• cara a cara
• cara-ou-coroa

 

Noun

cara m (plural caras)

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

   Synonyms: bicho, camarada, cabra, tipo

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:cara.

Etymology 2

From Latin cāra.

Adjective

cara

1. feminine singular of caro (“expensive, dear”)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:caro.

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Sardinian

Etymology 1

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

Noun

cara f

1. face

   Synonym: fatza, faghe, rostru

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾa/, [ˈka.ɾa]
• Hyphenation: ca‧ra

• 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. (anatomy) face (the front part of the head)

   Synonyms: rostro, haz

2. face (one's facial expression)
3. face (the frontal aspect of something)

   Synonyms: frente, fachada

4. (colloquial) gall, nerve (impudence)
5. (geometry) face (any of the flat bounding surfaces of a polyhedron)
6. side (of paper, a card, a coin)
7. heads (side of a coin)

   Synonym: anverso

   Antonyms: cruz, ceca (Argentina)

Derived terms

• a cara de perro
• a cara o cruz
• a la cara (“in the face; to the face”)
• a mal tiempo, buena cara
• cara A
• cara a cara
• cara B
• cara de acelga
• cara de póquer
• cara dura
• caradura
• cara larga
• carinegro
• carita
• carota
• carriredondo
• cruzar la cara
• dar la cara
• doble cara
• echar en cara
• pintacaras
• plantar cara
• por la cara
• tener más cara que espalda
• verse las caras

 

Etymology 2

Adjective

cara

1. feminine singular of caro

Further reading

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

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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): /ˈkaːra/, /ˈkara/

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.