Polyglot Dictionary

cara

/ˈkaɾɐ/

a noun A1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as caras

Meaning

  1. face

    • Lave a cara.

      Wash your face.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

rosto

cara is more colloquial, and also slang for "guy" or "face value" of money; rosto is more formal, the standard anatomical term — both mean "face."

Similar in other languages

Spanish

rostro

rostro is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "face."

French

visage

visage is the French word for the same thing — both mean "face."

Practice

1 What does cara mean?

2 Fill the gap: Lave a ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches cara?

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