"caro" meaning in Italian

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈka.ro/ Forms: cara [feminine], cari [masculine, plural], care [feminine, plural], carissimo [superlative]
Rhymes: -aro Etymology: From Latin cārus. Etymology templates: {{der|it|la|cārus}} Latin cārus Head templates: {{it-adj|sup=carissimo}} caro (feminine cara, masculine plural cari, feminine plural care, superlative carissimo)
  1. dear (beloved, or in the salutation of a letter), sweetheart
    Sense id: en-caro-it-adj-NrhOV~UE
  2. dear, precious, expensive
    Sense id: en-caro-it-adj-eD-oZx7r Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 22 51 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: caramente, carezza, carino, carissimo

Noun

IPA: /ˈka.ro/ Forms: cari [plural], cara [feminine]
Rhymes: -aro Etymology: From Latin cārus. Etymology templates: {{der|it|la|cārus}} Latin cārus Head templates: {{it-noun|m|f=+}} caro m (plural cari, feminine cara)
  1. dear (darling) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-caro-it-noun-ltX5lchu

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for caro meaning in Italian (2.0kB)

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