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carota
carota
Italian
Etymology
From Latin carōta, from Ancient Greek κᾰρωτόν (karōtón).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈrɔta/
Noun
carota f (plural carote)
Derived terms
Related terms
Verb
carota
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κᾰρωτόν (karōtón, “carrot”), possibly derived from κάρᾱ (kárā, “head”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kaˈroː.ta/
Noun
carōta f (genitive carōtae); first declension
Inflection
First declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | carōta | carōtae |
genitive | carōtae | carōtārum |
dative | carōtae | carōtīs |
accusative | carōtam | carōtās |
ablative | carōtā | carōtīs |
vocative | carōta | carōtae |
Descendants
References
- carota in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “carota”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
Romansch
Alternative forms
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) carotta
Etymology
From Latin carōta, from Ancient Greek κᾰρωτόν (karōtón).
Noun
carota f (plural carotas)
Synonyms
- (Rumantsch Grischun) risch melna, (Surmiran, Puter) rischmelna
- (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) riebla
- (Sursilvan) ragisch cotschna
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈɾo.ta/
Etymology
Augmentative of cara (“face”)
Noun
carota f (plural carotas)
- (colloquial) Facial expression reflecting rejection, dissatisfaction, anger, disapprobation, annoyance, etc.
- ¿Por qué vienes con tu carota, quién te hizo enojar?
- Why do you look annoyed, who made you get angry?
- Conté el chiste y la vecina puso su carota
- I told the joke and the neighbour woman showed her annoyed face.
- ¿Por qué vienes con tu carota, quién te hizo enojar?