carota

== Catalan == === Etymology === From cara (“face”) +‎ -ota. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [kəˈɾo̞.tə] IPA(key): (Balearic, Central) [kəˈɾɔ.tə] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [kaˈɾɔ.ta] === Noun === carota f (plural carotes) grimace Synonym: ganyota grotesque mask (worn during carnival and other folk festivals) === Further reading === “carota”, 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 “carota”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “carota” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “carota”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) === Anagrams === acorat, acotar, actora, atraco, coarta, croata, tocara, tocarà == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaˈrɔ.ta/ Rhymes: -ɔta Hyphenation: ca‧rò‧ta === Etymology 1 === From Latin carōta, from Ancient Greek κᾰρωτόν (kărōtón). ==== Noun ==== carota f (plural carote) carrot core, core sample (figurative, colloquial) fib ===== Derived terms ===== carotina ==== Adjective ==== carota (invariable) orange-red, carrot ==== Related terms ==== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== carota inflection of carotare: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === References === === Anagrams === arcato, carato, caratò, cataro, coarta, corata, croata == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek καρωτόν (karōtón, “carrot”), a diminutive of κᾰρώ (kărṓ, “caraway”), possibly derived from κάρᾱ (kárā, “head”) or from Pre-Greek. Related to carum. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kaˈroː.ta] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kaˈrɔː.ta] === Noun === carōta f (genitive carōtae); first declension carrot ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “carota”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “carota”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French carotter. === Verb === a carota (third-person singular present carotează, past participle carotat) 1st conjugation to cheat, to extort ==== Conjugation ==== == Romansh == === Alternative forms === carotta (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) === Etymology === From Latin carōta, from Ancient Greek καρωτόν (karōtón). === Noun === carota f (plural carotas) (Sutsilvan) carrot ==== Synonyms ==== (Rumantsch Grischun) risch melna, (Surmiran, Puter) rischmelna (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) riebla (Sursilvan) ragisch cotschna == Spanish == === Etymology === Augmentative of cara (“face”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaˈɾota/ [kaˈɾo.t̪a] Rhymes: -ota Syllabification: ca‧ro‧ta === Noun === carota f (plural carotas) (colloquial) facial expression reflecting rejection, dissatisfaction, anger, disapprobation, annoyance, etc.; face === Noun === carota m (plural carotas) cool customer === Further reading === “carota”, 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 === Anagrams === croata