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caro

See also: Caro, ĉaro, čaro, čáro, and ca-rô

Aragonese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin cārus (“dear; expensive”).

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caro (feminine cara, masculine plural caros, feminine plural caras)

  1. (Somontano) expensive

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References

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  • “caro”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)
  • Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “caro”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Asturian

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Adjective

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caro

  1. neuter of caru

Catalan

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Etymology

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Contraction of Old Catalan càreu, from Latin carabus.

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Noun

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caro m (plural caros)

  1. rowboat
  2. rabbitfish
    Synonyms: quimera, ullverd

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Esperanto

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Esperanto Wikipedia has an article on:
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Aleksej Miĥajloviĉ, caro de Rusio de 1645 ĝis 1676

Etymology

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From Russian царь (carʹ), ultimately from Latin Caesar. Compare Polish car, Yiddish צאַר (tsar). Doublet of Cezaro.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡saro]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aro
  • Hyphenation: ca‧ro

Noun

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caro (accusative singular caron, plural caroj, accusative plural carojn)

  1. (historical) tsar, czar
    Coordinate term: carino

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Galician

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese caro (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin cārus (“dear; expensive”).

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caro (feminine cara, masculine plural caros, feminine plural caras)

  1. expensive; costly
    Antonym: barato
    O barato adoito sai caro (proverb) ― Cheap frequently results expensive
  2. (literary) dear

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References

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  • “caro”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
  • Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “caro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “caro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • “caro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “caro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “caro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Ido

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Esperanto caro, English czar, French tsar, German Zar, Italian zar, Russian царь (carʹ), Spanish zar.

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Noun

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caro (plural cari)

  1. (historical) czar, tsar (no specific gender)

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  • carala (“relating to the czar, tsar”)
  • carido (“czarevitch, tsarevich”)
  • carino (“czarina, tsarina”)
  • carulo (“a male czar, tsar”)

Istriot

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Etymology

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From Latin cārus.

Noun

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caro

  1. dear; darling
    • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 128:
      Caro, cun quil visito bianco e russo.
      Dear, with that little white and red face.
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Italian

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Latin cārus.

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    caro (feminine cara, masculine plural cari, feminine plural care, superlative carissimo)

    1. dear (beloved, or in the salutation of a letter), sweetheart
    2. dear, precious, expensive

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    Noun

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    caro m (plural cari, feminine cara)

    1. dear (darling)

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    • caro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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    Latin

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    Etymology 1

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    From Proto-Italic *karō, from Proto-Indo-European *ker-, *(s)ker-. Cognate with Dutch scheren, German scheren, Norwegian skjære, Swedish skära; and (from Indo-European) with Ancient Greek κείρω (keírō, “I cut off”), English shear, Albanian harr (“to cut, to mow”), Lithuanian skìrti (“to separate”), Welsh ysgar (“separate”). See also sharp.

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    Carnes bubulae.

    carō f (genitive carnis); third declension

    1. (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.
      1. flesh of the human body, as the seat of the passions
    2. (metonymically) pulp of a fruit
    3. (metonymically) soft part of a precious stone
    4. (figurative) richness of discourse
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    Third-declension noun.

    Case Singular Plural
    Nominative carō carnēs
    Genitive carnis carnum
    carnium
    Dative carnī carnibus
    Accusative carnem carnēs
    Ablative carne carnibus
    Vocative carō carnēs
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    Descendants of caro in other languages

    Etymology 2

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    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Noun

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    carō m

    1. dative/ablative singular of caros

    Etymology 3

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    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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    cārō

    1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of cārus

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    • “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’s 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.
      • to live on meat, fish, by plunder: vivere carne, piscibus, rapto (Liv. 7. 25)

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    Noun

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    caro

    1. nominative singular masculine of cara (“walker; frequenting”)

    Portuguese

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    Etymology

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    From Old Galician-Portuguese caro, from Latin cārus (“dear, beloved”), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros.

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    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -aɾu
    • Hyphenation: ca‧ro

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    caro (feminine cara, masculine plural caros, feminine plural caras, comparable, comparative mais caro, superlative o mais caro or caríssimo)

    1. greatly valued; dear; loved; lovable
    2. of high price; expensive

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    • “caro” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from French carreau.

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    caro n (uncountable)

    1. (card games) diamonds (card suit)

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    declension of caro (singular only)
    singular
    n gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
    nominative/accusative (un) caro caroul
    genitive/dative (unui) caro caroului
    vocative caroule

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    caro ?

    1. earth

    Spanish

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    Etymology

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    Inherited from Latin cārus, cognate with French cher. From the same Latin root as the English verbs caress and cherish.

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    caro (feminine cara, masculine plural caros, feminine plural caras)

    1. dear (loved)
      Synonym: querido
    2. expensive
      Synonym: costoso
      Antonyms: barato, económico

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    caro

    1. costly
      Synonym: costosamente
      • 2009 June 4, Gerardo Lissardy, “Europa vota, con escepticismo y enfado”, in BBC Mundo‎[2]:
        Europa celebra elecciones legislativas a partir de este jueves marcada por problemas políticos y una crisis económica que podrían costarle caro a los partidos gobernantes...
        Europe celebrates legislative elections this Thursday marked by political problems and an economic crisis that could be costly for the ruling parties...

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    Venetian

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    Etymology 1

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    From Latin carrus.

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    caro m (plural cari)

    1. wagon, cart, lorry, truck

    Etymology 2

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    From Latin cārus.

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    caro (feminine singular cara, masculine plural cari, feminine plural care)

    1. dear (all senses)

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    Verb

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    caro

    1. (literary) third-person singular present subjunctive of caru

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    Welsh mutation
    radical soft nasal aspirate
    caro garo ngharo charo
    Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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