careto
See also: ĉareto
Latin
Verb
carētō
- second/third-person singular future active imperative of careō
Portuguese
careto
Etymology
From careta (“grimace, mask”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ca‧re‧to
Noun
careto m (plural caretos)
- (regional, Portugal) a masked figure in the Portuguese carnival tradition of Trás-os-Montes
Further reading
careto on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt
Spanish
Adjective
careto (feminine careta, masculine plural caretos, feminine plural caretas)
- white-headed and black-bodied
Noun
careto m (plural caretos)
- (colloquial) face
Derived terms
- dar el careto
- lirón careto
Further reading
- “careto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014