caricia

== Galician == === Alternative forms === carícia (reintegrationist) === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian carezza. === Pronunciation === === Noun === caricia f (plural caricias) caress Synonym: cariño ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “caricia”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 “caricia” in DIGALEGO - Dicionario de Galego, Ir Indo 2004, Xunta de Galicia 2013. == Portuguese == === Verb === caricia inflection of cariciar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaˈɾiθja/ [kaˈɾi.θja] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /kaˈɾisja/ [kaˈɾi.sja] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -iθja (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) Rhymes: -isja (Latin America, Philippines) Syllabification: ca‧ri‧cia === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Italian carezza. ==== Noun ==== caricia f (plural caricias) caress Synonyms: cariño, carantoña ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== caricia inflection of cariciar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “caricia”, 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