carota

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See also: caröta

Catalan

Etymology

From cara (“face”) +‎ -ota.

Pronunciation

Noun

carota f (plural carotes)

  1. grimace
    Synonym: ganyota
  2. grotesque mask (worn during carnival and other folk festivals)

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Italian

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Carota (vegetable)
Carota (core sample)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈrɔ.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ɔta
  • Hyphenation: ca‧rò‧ta

Etymology 1

From Latin carōta, from Ancient Greek κᾰρωτόν (karōtón).

Noun

carota f (plural carote)

  1. carrot
  2. core, core sample
  3. (figurative, colloquial) fib
Derived terms

Adjective

carota (invariable)

  1. orange-red, carrot

Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

carota

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

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κᾰρῶτον (karôton, “carrot”), a diminutive of κᾰρώ (karṓ, “caraway”), possibly derived from κάρᾱ (kárā, “head”) or from Pre-Greek. Related to carum.

Pronunciation

Noun

carōta f (genitive carōtae); first declension

  1. carrot

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative carōta carōtae
Genitive carōtae carōtārum
Dative carōtae carōtīs
Accusative carōtam carōtās
Ablative carōtā carōtīs
Vocative carōta carōtae

Descendants

References

  • “carota”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • carota in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French carotter.

Verb

a carota (third-person singular present carotează, past participle carotat) 1st conj.

  1. to cheat, to extort

Conjugation

    conjugation of carota (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
infinitive a carota
gerund carotând
past participle carotat
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 carotez carotezi carotează carotăm carotați carotează
imperfect carotam carotai carota carotam carotați carotau
simple perfect carotai carotași carotă carotarăm carotarăți carotară
pluperfect carotasem carotaseși carotase carotaserăm carotaserăți carotaseră
subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present să carotez să carotezi să caroteze să carotăm să carotați să caroteze
imperative — tu — — voi —
affirmative carotează carotați
negative nu carota nu carotați

Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin carōta, from Ancient Greek κᾰρῶτον (karôton).

Noun

carota f (plural carotas)

  1. (Sutsilvan) carrot

Synonyms

Spanish

Etymology

Augmentative of cara (“face”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈɾota/
  • Rhymes: -ota
  • Syllabification: ca‧ro‧ta

Noun

carota f (plural carotas)

  1. (colloquial) facial expression reflecting rejection, dissatisfaction, anger, disapprobation, annoyance, etc.; face
    ¿Por qué vienes con tu carota, quién te hizo enojar?
    Why do you look annoyed, who made you angry?
    Conté el chiste y la vecina puso su carota
    I told the joke and the neighbour showed her annoyed face.

Noun

carota m (plural carotas)

  1. cool customer

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