caricatura

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: kăr′ĭ-kə-cho͝or′ə Rhymes: -ɔːɹə, -ʊəɹə Hyphenation: car‧i‧ca‧tur‧a === Noun === caricatura (plural caricaturas) Archaic form of caricature. == Catalan == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Italian caricatura. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [kə.ɾi.kəˈtu.ɾə] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ka.ɾi.kaˈtu.ɾa] Rhymes: -uɾa ==== Noun ==== caricatura f (plural caricatures) caricature ==== Further reading ==== Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “caricatura”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) “caricatura” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “caricatura”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “caricatura”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== caricatura inflection of caricaturar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ka.ʁi.ka.ty.ʁa/ === Verb === caricatura third-person singular past historic of caricaturer == Galician == === Etymology === From Italian caricatura (“caricature”), from caricare (“carry”), from Late Latin carricāre (“carry”), from Latin carrus (“wagon”), from Gaulish *karros, from Proto-Indo-European *kr̥s-o-, from Proto-Indo-European *k̑ers- (“to run”). === Noun === caricatura f (plural caricaturas) caricature (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect) ==== Related terms ==== caricaturista == Interlingua == === Etymology === Borrowed from English caricature, French caricature, Italian caricatùra, Spanish caricatura and Portuguese caricatura. Compare German Karikatur and Russian карикату́ра (karikatúra). By surface analysis, caricar +‎ -atura. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ka.ri.kaˈtu.ra/ Rhymes: -ura Hyphenation: ca‧ri‧ca‧tu‧ra === Noun === caricatura (plural caricaturas) caricature (a pictorial representation of someone in which distinguishing features are exaggerated for comic effect) ==== Derived terms ==== == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ka.ri.kaˈtu.ra/ Rhymes: -ura Hyphenation: ca‧ri‧ca‧tù‧ra === Etymology 1 === From caricare (“to exaggerate (the features of a person)”) +‎ -tura (“-ure”, verbal action suffix). ==== Noun ==== caricatura f (plural caricature) caricature, antic ===== Derived terms ===== caricaturale caricaturista ===== Descendants ===== → French: caricature === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== caricatura inflection of caricaturare: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === caricatura in Collins Italian-English Dictionary caricatura in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli) caricatura in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa caricatùra in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication caricatura in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore caricatura in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Brazil, Portugal) -uɾɐ Hyphenation: ca‧ri‧ca‧tu‧ra === Etymology 1 === From Italian caricatùra (“caricature”), from caricare (“carry”), from Late Latin carricāre (“carry”), from Latin carrus (“wagon”), from Gaulish *karros, from Proto-Indo-European *kr̥s-o-, from Proto-Indo-European *k̑ers- (“to run”). ==== Noun ==== caricatura f (plural caricaturas) caricature (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect) ===== Related terms ===== caricaturista === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== caricatura inflection of caricaturar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “caricatura”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “caricatura”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026 “caricatura” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913 “caricatura”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “caricatura”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “caricatura”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French caricaturer. === Verb === a caricatura (third-person singular present caricaturează, past participle caricaturat) 1st conjugation to caricature ==== Conjugation ==== === References === caricatura in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaɾikaˈtuɾa/ [ka.ɾi.kaˈt̪u.ɾa] Rhymes: -uɾa Syllabification: ca‧ri‧ca‧tu‧ra === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Italian caricatura (“caricature”), from caricare (“carry”), from Late Latin carricāre (“carry”), from Latin carrus (“wagon”), from Gaulish *karros, from Proto-Indo-European *kr̥s-o-, from Proto-Indo-European *k̑ers- (“to run”). ==== Noun ==== caricatura f (plural caricaturas) (art) caricature (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect) Synonym: dibujo Hyponyms: caricatura editorial, caricatura política (colloquial, Mexico) animated cartoon (especially in plural) Synonym: dibujos animados ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== caricatura inflection of caricaturar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “caricatura”, 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