careto

== Latin == === Verb === carētō second/third-person singular future active imperative of careō == Portuguese == === Etymology === From careta (“grimace, mask”). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -etu Hyphenation: ca‧re‧to === Noun === careto m (plural caretos) (regional, Portugal) a masked figure in the Portuguese carnival tradition of Trás-os-Montes === Further reading === careto on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt “careto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “careto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From cara + -eto. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaˈɾeto/ [kaˈɾe.t̪o] Rhymes: -eto Syllabification: ca‧re‧to === Adjective === careto (feminine careta, masculine plural caretos, feminine plural caretas) white-headed and black-bodied (colloquial, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Venezuela) dirty-faced === Noun === careto m (plural caretos) (colloquial) face ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “careto”, 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