English

Proper noun

Caro

1. A diminutive of the female given name Caroline.
   • 2004 Kate Atkinson: Case Histories ISBN 0385 607997 pages 96-97:

     She hadn't realized that 'Caro' was a diminutive of Caroline until she met Jonathan. It sounded very Regency, like in all those historical novels she used to read when she was younger. Much younger. Of course, he came from the kind of background - county - where people are called 'Caroline'. And Lucy and Amanda and Jemima, so he should know.

Anagrams

• arco
• Cora
• ocra
• orca

French

Proper noun

Caro f

1. A female given name. An intimate form of several given names such as Carole, Caroline and Carolane.

Spanish

Etymology

From the Latin proper noun Carus from the Latin adjective carus.

Proper noun

Caro ?

1. A diminutive of the female given name Carolina.
2. Carus

Esperanto

Noun

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

1. tsar, czar

Derived terms

• carino ‎(“tsarina”)

Faliscan

Etymology

Proto-Indo-European *kāro-, akin to Sanskrit काम ‎(kāma, “love”). Cognate with Latin carus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaː.ro/

Adjective

cāro ‎(feminine cara, neuter caru)

1. dear; beloved

Istriot

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.

Related terms

• carisa

Italian

Etymology

From Latin cārus.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aro

Adjective

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

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

Derived terms

• carino
• carissimo

Related terms

• carezza

Noun

caro m ‎(plural cari, feminine cara)

1. dear (darling)

Anagrams

• acro
• arco
• ocra
• orca
• roca

Latin

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

Noun

carō f ‎(genitive carnis); third declension

1. flesh, meat
2. pulp of a fruit
3. body

Inflection

Third declension.

Related terms

Descendants

Etymology 2

Adjective

cārō

1. dative masculine singular of cārus
2. ablative masculine singular of cārus
3. dative neuter singular of cārus
4. ablative neuter singular of cārus

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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “caro”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to live on meat, fish, by plunder: vivere carne, piscibus, rapto (Liv. 7. 25)
    

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ɾu/
• Hyphenation: ca‧ro

Adjective

caro m ‎(feminine singular cara, masculine plural caros, feminine plural caras, comparable)

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

Inflection

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin cārus.

Adjective

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

1. dear
2. expensive

Synonyms

• (dear): querido
• (expensive): costoso

Antonyms

• (expensive): barato, económico

Related terms

• carero
• encarecer
• encarecimiento
• carestía
• careza
• caricia
• cariño

Adverb

caro

1. costly
   • 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...

Venetian

Noun

caro m (plural cari)

1. wagon, cart, lorry, truck

Adjective

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

1. dear (all senses)

Welsh

Pronunciation

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

Verb

caro

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

Mutation