caricia
See also: carícia and cariciá
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian carezza.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /kaˈɾiθja/ [kaˈɾi.θja]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /kaˈɾisja/ [kaˈɾi.sja]
- (Spain) Rhymes: -iθja
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -isja
- Syllabification: ca‧ri‧cia
Noun
caricia f (plural caricias)
- caress
Derived terms
- acariciar
- caricioso
Verb
caricia
- inflection of cariciar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “caricia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014