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Portuguese
Verb
caricia
- inflection of cariciar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /kaˈɾiθja/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /kaˈɾisja/
- Rhymes: -iθja
- Rhymes: -isja
- Syllabification: ca‧ri‧cia
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Italian carezza.
Noun
caricia f (plural caricias)
- caress
- Synonyms: cariño, carantoña
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
caricia
- inflection of cariciar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
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