carota
See also: caröta
Catalan
Etymology
From cara (“face”) + -ota.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /kəˈɾɔ.tə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /kaˈɾɔ.ta/
Noun
carota f (plural carotes)
- grimace
- Synonym: ganyota
- grotesque mask (worn during carnival and other folk festivals)
Further reading
- “carota” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “carota”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “carota” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “carota” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Anagrams
- acorat, acotar, actora, atraco, coarta, croata, tocara, tocarà
Italian
Carota (vegetable)
Carota (core sample)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈrɔ.ta/
- Rhymes: -ɔta
- Hyphenation: ca‧rò‧ta
Etymology 1
From Latin carōta, from Ancient Greek κᾰρωτόν (karōtón).
Noun
carota f (plural carote)
- carrot
- core, core sample
- (figuratively, colloquial) fib
Derived terms
- carotina
Adjective
carota (invariable)
- orange-red, carrot
Related terms
- carotare
- carotene
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
carota
- inflection of carotare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Anagrams
- arcato, carato, caratò, cataro, coarta, corata, croata
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κᾰρῶτον (karôton, “carrot”), a diminutive of κᾰρώ (karṓ, “caraway”), possibly derived from κάρᾱ (kárā, “head”) or from Pre-Greek. Related to carum.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kaˈroː.ta/, [käˈroːt̪ä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kaˈro.ta/, [käˈrɔːt̪ä]
Noun
carōta f (genitive carōtae); first declension
- carrot
Declension
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
- Albanian: karotë
- English: carrot
- French: carotte
- German: Karotte
- Italian: carota
- Malay: karot
- Maltese: karrota
- Romanian: carotă
- Romansch: carota, carotta
References
- “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
Etymology
From French carotter.
Verb
a carota (third-person singular present carotează, past participle carotat) 1st conj.
- to cheat, to extort
Conjugation
conjugation of carota (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
| infinitive | a carota | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | carotând | ||||||
| past participle | carotat | ||||||
| number | singular | plural | |||||
| person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
| indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | carotez | carotezi | carotează | carotăm | carotați | carotează | |
| imperfect | carotam | carotai | carota | carotam | carotați | carotau | |
| simple perfect | carotai | carotași | carotă | carotarăm | carotarăți | carotară | |
| pluperfect | carotasem | carotaseși | carotase | carotaserăm | carotaserăți | carotaseră | |
| subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | să carotez | să carotezi | să caroteze | să carotăm | să carotați | să caroteze | |
| imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
| affirmative | carotează | carotați | |||||
| negative | nu carota | nu carotați | |||||
Romansch
Alternative forms
- carotta (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Vallader)
Etymology
From Latin carōta, from Ancient Greek κᾰρῶτον (karôton).
Noun
carota f (plural carotas)
- (Sutsilvan) carrot
Synonyms
- (Rumantsch Grischun) risch melna, (Surmiran, Puter) rischmelna
- (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) riebla
- (Sursilvan) ragisch cotschna
Spanish
Etymology
Augmentative of cara (“face”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈɾota/ [kaˈɾo.t̪a]
- Rhymes: -ota
- Syllabification: ca‧ro‧ta
Noun
carota f (plural carotas)
- (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
carota m (plural carotas)
- cool customer
Further reading
- “carota”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Anagrams
- croata