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Aragonese
Etymology
Inherited from Latin cārus ( “ dear; expensive ” ) .
Adjective
caro (feminine cara , masculine plural caros , feminine plural caras )
( Somontano ) expensive
Derived terms
References
“caro ”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)
Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002 ) “caro”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa , Zaragoza, →ISBN
Asturian
Adjective
caro
neuter of caru
Catalan
Etymology
Contraction of Old Catalan càreu , from Latin carabus .
Pronunciation
Noun
caro m (plural caros )
rowboat
rabbitfish
Synonyms: quimera , ullverd
Further reading
Esperanto
Aleksej Miĥajloviĉ , caro de Rusio de 1645 ĝis 1676
Etymology
From Russian царь ( carʹ ) , ultimately from Latin Caesar . Compare Polish car , Yiddish צאַר ( tsar ) . Doublet of Cezaro .
Pronunciation
Noun
caro (accusative singular caron , plural caroj , accusative plural carojn )
( historical ) tsar , czar
Coordinate term: carino
Hypernyms
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese caro (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria ) , from Latin cārus ( “ dear; expensive ” ) .
Pronunciation
Adjective
caro (feminine cara , masculine plural caros , feminine plural caras )
expensive ; costly
Antonym: barato
O barato adoito sai caro ( proverb ) ― Cheap frequently results expensive
( literary ) dear
Derived terms
References
“caro ”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy , 2012 –2024
Ernesto Xosé González Seoane , María Álvarez de la Granja , Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006 –2022 ) “caro ”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006 –2018 ) “caro ”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández , editor (2006 –2013 ), “caro ”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language ] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández , Ernesto Xosé González Seoane , María Álvarez de la Granja , editors (2003 –2018 ), “caro ”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco , editor (2014 –2024 ), “caro ”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega , →ISSN
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from Esperanto caro , English czar , French tsar , German Zar , Italian zar , Russian царь ( carʹ ) , Spanish zar .
Pronunciation
Noun
caro (plural cari )
( historical ) czar , tsar ( no specific gender )
Derived terms
carala ( “ relating to the czar, tsar ” ) carido ( “ czarevitch, tsarevich ” ) carino ( “ czarina, tsarina ” ) carulo ( “ a male czar, tsar ” )
Istriot
Etymology
From Latin cārus .
Noun
caro
dear ; darling
1877 , Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno , volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 128 :Caro , cun quil visito bianco e russo.Dear , with that little white and red face.
Italian
Etymology
Inherited from Latin cārus .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈka.ro/
Rhymes: -aro
Hyphenation: cà‧ro
Adjective
caro (feminine cara , masculine plural cari , feminine plural care , superlative carissimo )
dear ( beloved , or in the salutation of a letter) , sweetheart
dear, precious , expensive
Derived terms
Noun
caro m (plural cari , feminine cara )
dear ( darling )
Further reading
caro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line , Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Italic *karō , from Proto-Indo-European *ker- , *(s)ker- . Cognate with Dutch scheren , German scheren , Norwegian skjære , Swedish skära ; and (from Indo-European ) with Ancient Greek κείρω ( keírō , “ I cut off ” ) , English shear , Albanian harr ( “ to cut, to mow ” ) , Lithuanian skìrti ( “ to separate ” ) , Welsh ysgar ( “ separate ” ) . See also sharp .
Noun
Carnes bubulae .
carō f (genitive carnis ) ; third declension
( literally ) flesh , meat of an animal
Carne opus est, sī satur esse velīs. ― It is meat that you need, if you want to be sated.
flesh of the human body, as the seat of the passions
( metonymically ) pulp of a fruit
( metonymically ) soft part of a precious stone
( figurative ) richness of discourse
Inflection
Third-declension noun.
Derived terms
Descendants
Descendants of caro
Aromanian: carni , carne , carrã , carre
Asturian: carne
Dalmatian: cuarne
Franco-Provençal: chèrn
Friulian: cjâr , cjar
Italian: carne
Middle French: carnage
Old French: char , charn , caroigne
Italian: carogna
Old Occitan: carn , charn
Old Galician-Portuguese: carne , acaron
Piedmontese: carn
Romanian: carne
Romansch: charn , tgarn
Sardinian: carre ( Logudorese, Nuorese ) , carri ( Campidanese, Gallurese, Sassarese )
Sicilian: carni
Spanish: carne
Venetan: carne
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
carō m
dative / ablative singular of caros
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
cārō
dative / ablative masculine / neuter singular of cārus
References
“caro ”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879 ) A Latin Dictionary , Oxford: Clarendon Press
“caro ”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891 ) An Elementary Latin Dictionary , New York: Harper & Brothers
caro in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
caro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934 ) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français , Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894 ) Latin Phrase-Book , London: Macmillan and Co. to live on meat, fish, by plunder: vivere carne, piscibus, rapto (Liv. 7. 25)
Pali
Alternative scripts
𑀘𑀭𑁄 ( Brahmi script ) चरो ( Devanagari script ) চরো ( Bengali script ) චරො ( Sinhalese script ) စရော or ၸရေႃ ( Burmese script ) จโร or จะโร ( Thai script ) ᨧᩁᩮᩣ ( Tai Tham script ) ຈໂຣ or ຈະໂຣ ( Lao script ) ចរោ ( Khmer script ) 𑄌𑄢𑄮 ( Chakma script )
Noun
caro
nominative singular masculine of cara ( “ walker; frequenting ” )
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese caro , from Latin cārus ( “ dear, beloved ” ) , from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros .
Pronunciation
Rhymes: -aɾu
Hyphenation: ca‧ro
Adjective
caro (feminine cara , masculine plural caros , feminine plural caras , comparable , comparative mais caro , superlative o mais caro or caríssimo )
greatly valued ; dear ; loved ; lovable
of high price ; expensive
Further reading
“caro ” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo , 1913
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French carreau .
Noun
caro n (uncountable )
( card games ) diamonds (card suit)
Declension
declension of caro (singular only)
singular
n gender
indefinite articulation
definite articulation
nominative/accusative
(un) caro
caroul
genitive/dative
(unui) caro
caroului
vocative
caroule
Somali
Noun
caro ?
earth
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin cārus , cognate with French cher . From the same Latin root as the English verbs caress and cherish .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈkaɾo/
Rhymes: -aɾo
Syllabification: ca‧ro
Adjective
caro (feminine cara , masculine plural caros , feminine plural caras )
dear ( loved )
Synonym: querido
expensive
Synonym: costoso
Antonyms: barato , económico
Derived terms
Adverb
caro
costly
Synonym: costosamente
2009 June 4, Gerardo Lissardy, “Europa vota, con escepticismo y enfado”, in BBC Mundo :Europa celebra elecciones legislativas a partir de este jueves marcada por problemas políticos y una crisis económica que podrían costarle caro a los partidos gobernantes... Europe celebrates legislative elections this Thursday marked by political problems and an economic crisis that could be costly for the ruling parties...
Further reading
Venetan
Etymology 1
From Latin carrus .
Noun
caro m (plural cari )
wagon , cart , lorry , truck
Etymology 2
From Latin cārus .
Adjective
caro (feminine singular cara , masculine plural cari , feminine plural care )
dear ( all senses )
Welsh
Pronunciation
Verb
caro
( literary ) third-person singular present subjunctive of caru
Mutation