cara

See also: Cara, čára, căra, and carā

Asturian

Etymology

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

Noun

cara f (plural cares)

1. face

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Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾə/
• 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

Etymology

From Late Latin or Vulgar Latin cara, from Ancient Greek κάρα (kara, “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

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).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

cara m (genitive 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 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

Derived terms

• banchara (“lady friend”)
• cairdiúil (“friendly”)
• 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.

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Italian

Adjective

cara

1. feminine form of caro

Noun

cara f (plural care)

1. feminine form 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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Latvian

Noun

cara m

1. genitive singular form of cars

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Logudorese Sardinian

Noun

cara f

1. face

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

• carae

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *karant- (“friend”), from Proto-Indo-European *ka- (“to like, desire”) (compare Latin cārus, English charity, whore).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkara/

Noun

cara (nom. pl., gen. sing., acc. sing. carait, acc. pl. cairde)

1. friend

   coscc carat — a friend's advice

2. relative

Descendants

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

Derived terms

• caratrad (“friendship, alliance”)

Mutation

Old 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

• Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, Dublin [1]

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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)

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

• (heads) coroa

Derived terms

• cara-ou-coroa

Noun

cara m (plural caras)

1. (Brazil, 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, dear”)

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Spanish

Etymology 1

From Late Latin or Vulgar Latin cara, from 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)

Derived terms

• 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

Etymology 2

Adjective

cara

1. feminine form of caro

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Venetian

Adjective

cara f

1. feminine form of caro

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Welsh

Verb

cara

1. third-person singular present/future of caru
2. second-person singular imperative of caru