caro

Alternative forms

• car (Belsetán)

Etymology

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

Adjective

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

1. (Somontano) expensive

References

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

Adjective

caro

1. neuter of caru

Etymology

Contraction of Old Catalan càreu, from Latin carabus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈka.ɾu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈka.ɾo]

Noun

caro m (plural caros)

1. rowboat
2. rabbitfish

   Synonyms: quimera, ullverd

Further reading

• “caro” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “caro”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “caro” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “caro” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡saro]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aro
• Hyphenation: ca‧ro

Noun

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

1. (historical) tsar, czar

   Coordinate term: carino

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɑɾʊ]
• Rhymes: -aɾʊ, -aɾo
• Hyphenation: ca‧ro

Adjective

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

References

• “caro”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Ernesto Xosé 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: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “caro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (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

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)

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

Etymology

From Latin cārus.

Noun

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.

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cārus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.ro/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aro
• Hyphenation: cà‧ro

Adjective

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

Noun

caro m (plural cari, feminine cara)

1. dear (darling)

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• acro, acro-, arco, arcò, ocra, orca, roca

Alternative forms

• charō (Medieval Latin)

Pronunciation

• carō: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈka.roː/, [ˈkäroː]
• carō: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ro/, [ˈkäːro]
• cārō: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkaː.roː/, [ˈkäːroː]
• cārō: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ro/, [ˈkäːro]

Etymology 1

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 ski̇̀rti (“to separate”), Welsh ysgar (“separate”). See also sharp.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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’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, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to live on meat, fish, by plunder: vivere carne, piscibus, rapto (Liv. 7. 25)
    

Alternative forms

Noun

caro

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

• 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)

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

Further reading

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

Etymology

Borrowed from French carreau.

Noun

caro n (uncountable)

1. (card games) diamonds (card suit)

Noun

caro ?

1. earth

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]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɾo
• Syllabification: ca‧ro

Adjective

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

1. dear (loved)

   Synonym: querido

2. expensive

   Synonym: costoso

   Antonyms: barato, económico

Adverb

caro

1. costly

   Synonym: costosamente

   • 2009 June 4, Gerardo Lissardy, “Europa vota, con escepticismo y enfado”, in BBC Mundo‎:

     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...

Etymology 1

From Latin carrus.

Etymology 2

From Latin cārus.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkarɔ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkaːrɔ/, /ˈkarɔ/

Verb

caro

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

Mutation