caro

== Aragonese == === Alternative forms === car (Belsetán) === Etymology === Inherited from Latin cārus (“dear; expensive”). === Adjective === caro (feminine cara, masculine plural caros, feminine plural caras) (Somontano) expensive ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “caro”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish) Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “caro”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN == Asturian == === Adjective === caro neuter of caru == Catalan == === Etymology === Contraction of Old Catalan càreu, from Latin carabus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [ˈka.ɾu] IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈka.ɾo] === Noun === caro m (plural caros) rowboat rabbitfish Synonyms: quimera, ullverd === Further reading === “caro”, 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 “caro”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “caro” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “caro”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == Esperanto == === Etymology === From Russian царь (carʹ), ultimately from Latin Caesar. Compare Polish car, Yiddish צאַר (tsar). Doublet of Cezaro. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈt͡saro/ Rhymes: -aro Syllabification: ca‧ro === Noun === caro (accusative singular caron, plural caroj, accusative plural carojn) (historical) tsar, czar Coordinate term: carino ==== Hypernyms ==== imperiestro (“emperor”) monarko, monarĥo (“monarch”) === Further reading === “caro”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN “caro”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026 == Galician == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese caro (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin cārus (“dear; expensive”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkaɾo/ [ˈkɑ.ɾʊ] Rhymes: -aɾo Hyphenation: ca‧ro === Adjective === caro (feminine cara, masculine plural caros, feminine plural caras) expensive; costly Antonym: barato O barato adoito sai caro (proverb) ― Cheap frequently results expensive (literary) dear ==== Derived terms ==== careiro (“rather expensive”) === References === “caro”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “caro”, 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), “caro”, 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), “caro”, 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), “caro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “caro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Ido == === Etymology === Borrowed from Esperanto caro, English czar, French tsar, German Zar, Italian zar, Russian царь (carʹ), Spanish zar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈt͡saro/ === Noun === caro (plural cari) (historical) czar, tsar (no specific gender) ==== Derived terms ==== == Istriot == === Etymology === From Latin cārus. === Noun === caro dear; darling ==== Related terms ==== carisa == Italian == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin cārus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈka.ro/ Rhymes: -aro Hyphenation: cà‧ro === Adjective === caro (feminine cara, masculine plural cari, feminine plural care, superlative carissimo) dear (beloved, or in the salutation of a letter), sweetheart dear, precious, expensive ==== Derived terms ==== === Noun === caro m (plural cari, feminine cara) dear (darling) === Further reading === caro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana === Anagrams === acro, acro-, arco, arcò, ocra, orca, roca == Latin == === Alternative forms === charō (Medieval Latin) === Pronunciation === carō: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈka.roː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkaː.ro] cārō: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkaː.roː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkaː.ro] === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Italic *karō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-. Cognate with Dutch scheren, German scheren, Danish skære, Norwegian skjære, Swedish skära; and (from Indo-European) with Ancient Greek κείρω (keírō, “to cut off”), English shear, Albanian harr (“to cut, to mow”), Lithuanian ski̇̀rti (“to separate”), Welsh ysgar (“separate”). See also sharp. ==== Noun ==== carō f (genitive carnis); third declension (literally) flesh, meat of an animal Carne opus est, sī satur esse velīs. ― It is meat that you need, if you want to be sated. flesh of the human body, as the seat of the passions (metonymic) pulp of a fruit (metonymic) soft part of a precious stone (figurative) richness of discourse ===== Inflection ===== Third-declension noun. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== carō m dative/ablative singular of caros === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Adjective ==== cārō dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of cārus === References === “caro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “caro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "caro", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “caro”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. == Pali == === Alternative forms === === Noun === caro nominative singular masculine of cara (“walker; frequenting”) == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese caro, from Latin cārus (“dear, beloved”), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -aɾu Hyphenation: ca‧ro === Adjective === caro (feminine cara, masculine plural caros, feminine plural caras, comparable, comparative mais caro, superlative o mais caro or caríssimo) greatly valued; dear; loved; lovable of high price; expensive === Further reading === “caro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “caro” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913 “caro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French carreau. === Noun === caro n (uncountable) (card games) diamonds (card suit) ==== Declension ==== == Somali == === Noun === caro ? earth == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin cārus, cognate with French cher. From the same Latin root as the English verbs caress and cherish. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkaɾo/ [ˈka.ɾo] Rhymes: -aɾo Syllabification: ca‧ro === Adjective === caro (feminine cara, masculine plural caros, feminine plural caras) dear (loved) Synonym: querido expensive Synonym: costoso Antonyms: barato, económico ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Adverb === caro costly Synonym: costosamente ==== Further reading ==== “caro”, 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 == Venetan == === Etymology 1 === From Latin carrus. ==== Noun ==== caro m (plural cari) wagon, cart, lorry, truck === Etymology 2 === From Latin cārus. ==== Adjective ==== caro (feminine singular cara, masculine plural cari, feminine plural care) dear (all senses) == Welsh == === Pronunciation === (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkarɔ/ (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkaːrɔ/, /ˈkarɔ/ === Verb === caro (literary) third-person singular present subjunctive of caru === Mutation ===