careta

See also: caréta, caretă, and caretã

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kəˈɾɛ.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kəˈɾə.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kaˈɾe.ta]

Etymology 1

From cara +‎ -eta.

Noun

careta f (plural caretes)

1. mask

   Synonyms: màsquera, màscara

Derived terms

• careta antigàs

Etymology 2

From the translingual genus name.

Noun

careta f (plural caretes)

1. loggerhead turtle

   Synonyms: tortuga babaua, tortuga careta

Further reading

• “careta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “careta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “careta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “careta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

From cara +‎ -eta.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈɾe.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈɾe.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈɾe.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈɾe.tɐ/

• Rhymes: -etɐ
• Hyphenation: ca‧re‧ta

Noun

careta f (plural caretas)

1. grimace, smirk; face
2. mask

   Synonym: máscara

Derived terms

• careto

Descendants

• Macanese: caréta

Noun

careta m or f by sense (plural caretas)

1. (Brazil, slang) square (socially conventional person)

Adjective

careta m or f (plural caretas)(Brazil, slang)

1. straightedge (avoiding drugs)
2. square (not up-to-date with trends)

   Synonym: quadrado

Spanish

Etymology

From cara (“face”) +‎ -eta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈɾeta/ [kaˈɾe.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: ca‧re‧ta

Noun

careta f (plural caretas)

1. face mask, face screen (disguise, fencing, medical protection, etc.)
2. (figurative) any means of occlusion
3. (cooking) pork cheek (careta de cerdo)

Adjective

careta f

1. feminine singular of careto

Further reading

• “careto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28