carácter

== Galician == === Noun === carácter m (plural caracteres) character ==== Related terms ==== caritel == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: ca‧rác‧ter === Noun === carácter m (plural caracteres) (Portugal) alternative form of caráter === Further reading === “carácter”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “carácter”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin charactēr. Doublet of caletre. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaˈɾaɡteɾ/ [kaˈɾaɣ̞.t̪eɾ] Rhymes: -aɡteɾ Syllabification: ca‧rác‧ter === Noun === carácter m (plural caracteres or carácteres) character (traits marking a person or group) character (moral strength) character (symbol for a sound or word) Synonym: caracter character (mathematics) Synonym: caracter ==== Usage notes ==== The word carácter is not used to mean a character as in "a person from a story or video game"; a more appropriate translation in this context is personaje. The plural carácteres is proscribed and only used for senses 1 & 2. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “carácter”, 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