caricatura

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English

Noun

caricatura (plural caricaturas)

  1. Archaic form of caricature.

Catalan

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian caricatura.

Pronunciation

Noun

caricatura f (plural caricatures)

  1. caricature

Further reading

Etymology 2

Verb

caricatura

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

French

Pronunciation

Verb

caricatura

  1. third-person singular past historic of caricaturer

Galician

Galician Wikipedia has an article on:
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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)

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
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

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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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

 

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

Noun

caricatura f (plural caricaturas)

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

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French caricaturer.

Verb

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

  1. to caricature

Conjugation

References

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaɾikaˈtuɾa/
  • 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).

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia es

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

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