carantoña

== Galician == === Etymology === Attested since circa 1390. Either ultimately from Latin character, or from Celtic: compare the Galician place names Carantoña or the French river Charente. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaɾanˈtoɲa/ [kɑ.ɾan̪ˈt̪o.ɲɐ] Rhymes: -oɲa Hyphenation: ca‧ran‧to‧ña === Noun === carantoña f (plural carantoñas) mask (especially if horrific) Synonyms: carauta, máscara caress Synonym: agasallo ==== Related terms ==== === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “carãtona”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “carantoña”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “carantoña”, 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), “carantoña”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “carantoña”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaɾanˈtoɲa/ [ka.ɾãn̪ˈt̪o.ɲa] Rhymes: -oɲa Syllabification: ca‧ran‧to‧ña === Noun === carantoña f (plural carantoñas) caress Synonyms: cariño, caricia sweet talk Synonym: zalamería === Further reading === “carantoña”, 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