caricatura

English

Noun

caricatura (plural caricaturas)

1. Archaic form of caricature.

Catalan

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian caricatura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kə.ɾi.kəˈtu.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ka.ɾi.kaˈtu.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -uɾa

Noun

caricatura f (plural caricatures)

1. caricature

Further reading

• “caricatura” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “caricatura” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “caricatura”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “caricatura” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Etymology 2

Verb

caricatura

1. inflection of caricaturar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ʁi.ka.ty.ʁa/

Verb

caricatura

1. third-person singular past historic of caricaturer

Galician

Etymology

From Italian caricatura (“caricature”), from caricare (“carry”), from Late Latin carricāre (“carry”), from Latin carrus (“wagon”), from Gaulish *karros, from Proto-Indo-European *kr̥s-o-, from Proto-Indo-European *k̑ers- (“to run”).

Noun

caricatura f (plural caricaturas)

1. caricature (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect)

Related terms

• caricaturista

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ri.kaˈtu.ra/
• Rhymes: -ura
• Hyphenation: ca‧ri‧ca‧tù‧ra

Etymology 1

From caricare (“to exaggerate (the features of a person)”) +‎ -tura (“-ure”, verbal action suffix).

Noun

caricatura f (plural caricature)

1. caricature, antic

Derived terms

• caricaturale
• caricaturista

Descendants

• → French: caricature

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

caricatura

1. inflection of caricaturare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• caricatura in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• caricatura in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• caricatura in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• caricatùra in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• caricatura in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
• caricatura in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Etymology

From Italian caricatura (“caricature”), from caricare (“carry”), from Late Latin carricāre (“carry”), from Latin carrus (“wagon”), from Gaulish *karros, from Proto-Indo-European *kr̥s-o-, from Proto-Indo-European *k̑ers- (“to run”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ɾi.kaˈtu.ɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ɾi.kaˈtu.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ɾi.kaˈtu.ɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.ɾi.kɐˈtu.ɾɐ/

• Rhymes: -uɾɐ
• Hyphenation: ca‧ri‧ca‧tu‧ra

Noun

caricatura f (plural caricaturas)

1. caricature (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect)

Related terms

• caricaturista

Further reading

• “caricatura” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “caricatura” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “caricatura” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “caricatura” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “caricatura” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “caricatura” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French caricaturer.

Verb

a caricatura (third-person singular present caricaturează, past participle caricaturat) 1st conj.

1. to caricature

Conjugation

    conjugation of caricatura (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a caricatura
gerund			caricaturând
past participle			caricaturat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	caricaturez	caricaturezi	caricaturează	caricaturăm	caricaturați	caricaturează
	imperfect	caricaturam	caricaturai	caricatura	caricaturam	caricaturați	caricaturau
	simple perfect	caricaturai	caricaturași	caricatură	caricaturarăm	caricaturarăți	caricaturară
	pluperfect	caricaturasem	caricaturaseși	caricaturase	caricaturaserăm	caricaturaserăți	caricaturaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să caricaturez	să caricaturezi	să caricatureze	să caricaturăm	să caricaturați	să caricatureze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		caricaturează			caricaturați
	negative		nu caricatura			nu caricaturați

References

• caricatura in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɾikaˈtuɾa/ [ka.ɾi.kaˈt̪u.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: ca‧ri‧ca‧tu‧ra

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian caricatura (“caricature”), from caricare (“carry”), from Late Latin carricāre (“carry”), from Latin carrus (“wagon”), from Gaulish *karros, from Proto-Indo-European *kr̥s-o-, from Proto-Indo-European *k̑ers- (“to run”).

Noun

caricatura f (plural caricaturas)

1. (art) caricature (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect)

   Synonym: dibujo

   Hyponyms: caricatura editorial, caricatura política

2. (colloquial, Mexico) animated cartoon (especially in plural)

   Synonym: dibujos animados

Derived terms

• caricaturar
• caricaturista
• caricaturizar

 

Related terms

• cargar

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

caricatura

1. inflection of caricaturar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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