carota

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See also: caröta

Catalan

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Etymology

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From cara (face) +‎ -ota.

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Noun

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carota f (plural carotes)

  1. grimace
    Synonym: ganyota
  2. grotesque mask (worn during carnival and other folk festivals)

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Italian

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Carota (vegetable)
Carota (core sample)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kaˈrɔ.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ɔta
  • Hyphenation: ca‧rò‧ta

Etymology 1

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From Latin carōta, from Ancient Greek κᾰρωτόν (karōtón).

Noun

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carota f (plural carote)

  1. carrot
  2. core, core sample
  3. (figurative, colloquial) fib
Derived terms
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Adjective

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carota (invariable)

  1. orange-red, carrot
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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carota

  1. inflection of carotare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek καρωτόν (karōtón, carrot), a diminutive of κᾰρώ (karṓ, caraway), possibly derived from κάρᾱ (kárā, head) or from Pre-Greek. Related to carum.

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Noun

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carōta f (genitive carōtae); first declension

  1. carrot

Declension

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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative carōta carōtae
Genitive carōtae carōtārum
Dative carōtae carōtīs
Accusative carōtam carōtās
Ablative carōtā carōtīs
Vocative carōta carōtae

Descendants

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References

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  • carota”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • carota in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French carotter.

Verb

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a carota (third-person singular present carotează, past participle carotat) 1st conj.

  1. to cheat, to extort

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Romansch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin carōta, from Ancient Greek καρωτόν (karōtón).

Noun

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carota f (plural carotas)

  1. (Sutsilvan) carrot

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Augmentative of cara (face).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kaˈɾota/ [kaˈɾo.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -ota
  • Syllabification: ca‧ro‧ta

Noun

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carota f (plural carotas)

  1. (colloquial) facial expression reflecting rejection, dissatisfaction, anger, disapprobation, annoyance, etc.; face
    ¿Por qué vienes con tu carota, quién te hizo enojar?
    Why do you look annoyed, who made you angry?
    Conté el chiste y la vecina puso su carota
    I told the joke and the neighbour showed her annoyed face.

Noun

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carota m (plural carotas)

  1. cool customer

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