caricia

See also: carícia and cariciá

Galician

Alternative forms

• carícia (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *keh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-rós

Proto-Italic *kāros

Latin cārus

Italian caro

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Latin -itia

Italian -ezza

Italian carezzabor.

Galician caricia

Borrowed from Italian carezza.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kaˈɾiθja/ [kɑˈɾi.θjɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /kaˈɾiθja/ [kɑˈɾi.θjɐ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /kaˈɾisja/ [kɑˈɾi.sjɐ]

 

• Rhymes: -iθja

• Rhymes: -iθja
• Rhymes: -isja

Noun

caricia f (plural caricias)

1. caress

   Synonym: cariño

Related terms

• acariciar

Further reading

• “caricia”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “caricia”, in DIGALEGO - Dicionario de Galego (in Galician), Ir Indo; Xunta de Galicia, 2013 [2004]

Portuguese

Verb

caricia

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈɾiθja/ [kaˈɾi.θja] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /kaˈɾisja/ [kaˈɾi.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iθja (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -isja (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: ca‧ri‧cia

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *keh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-rós

Proto-Italic *kāros

Latin cārus

Italian caro

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Latin -itia

Italian -ezza

Italian carezzabor.

Spanish caricia

Borrowed from Italian carezza.

Noun

caricia f (plural caricias)

1. caress

   Synonyms: cariño, carantoña

Derived terms

• acariciar
• caricioso

Etymology 2

Verb

caricia

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

Further reading

• “caricia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025