"caro" meaning in Español

See caro in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [ˈka.ɾo] [Colombia] Audio: LL-Q1321 (spa)-AdrianAbdulBaha-caro.wav [Colombia] Forms: caros [plural], cara [feminine], caras [feminine, plural], carísimo [superlative]
Rhymes: a.ɾo Etymology: Del latín carus ('querido'), del protoindoeuropeo *kāro-.
  1. Que tiene un alto valor o costo; que excede mucho del valor o estimación regular.
    Sense id: es-caro-es-adj-iCptL09N
  2. Amado, querido; que es objeto de gran estima. Tags: literary, outdated
    Sense id: es-caro-es-adj-3WeOhGKI Categories (other): ES:Términos anticuados, ES:Términos literarios
  3. Que ocasiona grandes dificultades. Tags: literary, outdated
    Sense id: es-caro-es-adj-IqRmh~-3 Categories (other): ES:Términos anticuados, ES:Términos literarios
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (Amado, querido; que es objeto de gran estima.): estimado Synonyms (Que tiene un alto valor o costo; que excede mucho del valor o estimación regular.): costoso Translations: teuer (Alemán), ker (Bretón), car (Catalán), kara (Esperanto), coûteux (Francés), cher (Francés), expensive (Inglés), caro (Italiano), ko´oh (Maya yucateco), drogi (Polaco), caro (Portugués)

Adverb

IPA: [ˈka.ɾo] [Colombia] Audio: LL-Q1321 (spa)-AdrianAbdulBaha-caro.wav [Colombia]
Rhymes: a.ɾo Etymology: Del latín carus ('querido'), del protoindoeuropeo *kāro-.
  1. A un alto valor o costo.
    Sense id: es-caro-es-adv-NJ2Pkc~C
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations: teuer (Alemán), ker (Bretón), car (Catalán), kara (Esperanto), coûteux (Francés), cher (Francés), expensive (Inglés), caro (Italiano), ko´oh (Maya yucateco), drogi (Polaco), caro (Portugués)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "Que tiene un alto valor o costo; que excede mucho del valor o estimación regular.",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "barato"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Que tiene un alto valor o costo; que excede mucho del valor o estimación regular.",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "económico"
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      "kind": "other",
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      "kind": "other",
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      "kind": "other",
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      "kind": "other",
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      "kind": "other",
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      "parents": [],
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    {
      "kind": "other",
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      "parents": [],
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      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Español-Italiano",
      "parents": [],
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    },
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  ],
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  "extra_sounds": {
    "acentuación": "llana",
    "longitud silábica": "bisílaba"
  },
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "caros",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cara",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caras",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carísimo",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "ca-ro",
  "lang": "Español",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "adj",
  "pos_title": "Adjetivo",
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      "glosses": [
        "Que tiene un alto valor o costo; que excede mucho del valor o estimación regular."
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      "sense_index": "1"
    },
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      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "ES:Términos anticuados",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "ES:Términos literarios",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
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            [
              34,
              38
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "Diego de Valera. Tratado en defenssa de virtuossas mugeres. 1441.",
          "text": "Parésceme que te plaze saber, muy caro amigo, quál es el fundamento de aquestos començadores de nueva seta que rotamente les plase en general de todas las mugeres maldesir."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Amado, querido; que es objeto de gran estima."
      ],
      "id": "es-caro-es-adj-3WeOhGKI",
      "sense_index": "2",
      "tags": [
        "literary",
        "outdated"
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    },
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "ES:Términos literarios",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "Que ocasiona grandes dificultades."
      ],
      "id": "es-caro-es-adj-IqRmh~-3",
      "sense_index": "3",
      "tags": [
        "literary",
        "outdated"
      ]
    }
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      "sense": "Que tiene un alto valor o costo; que excede mucho del valor o estimación regular.",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "costoso"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Amado, querido; que es objeto de gran estima.",
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "estimado"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "lang": "Alemán",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "teuer"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Bretón",
      "lang_code": "br",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "ker"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalán",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "car"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "kara"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Francés",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "coûteux"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Francés",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "cher"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Inglés",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "expensive"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italiano",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "caro"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Maya yucateco",
      "lang_code": "yua",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "ko´oh"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Polaco",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "drogi"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portugués",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "caro"
    }
  ],
  "word": "caro"
}

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      "parents": [],
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    },
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      "parents": [],
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    },
    {
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      "parents": [],
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Español-Francés",
      "parents": [],
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    {
      "kind": "other",
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      "parents": [],
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    },
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      "kind": "other",
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    },
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      "kind": "other",
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
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    "acentuación": "llana",
    "longitud silábica": "bisílaba"
  },
  "hyphenation": "ca-ro",
  "lang": "Español",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "adv",
  "pos_title": "Adverbio",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "A un alto valor o costo."
      ],
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      "sense_index": "4"
    }
  ],
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      "lang": "Alemán",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "teuer"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Bretón",
      "lang_code": "br",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "ker"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalán",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "car"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "kara"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Francés",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "coûteux"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Francés",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "cher"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Inglés",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "expensive"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italiano",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "caro"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Maya yucateco",
      "lang_code": "yua",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "ko´oh"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Polaco",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "drogi"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portugués",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "caro"
    }
  ],
  "word": "caro"
}
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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "Que tiene un alto valor o costo; que excede mucho del valor o estimación regular.",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "barato"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Que tiene un alto valor o costo; que excede mucho del valor o estimación regular.",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "económico"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
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    "ES:Palabras bisílabas",
    "ES:Palabras llanas",
    "ES:Palabras provenientes del latín",
    "ES:Rimas:a.ɾo",
    "Español",
    "Español-Alemán",
    "Español-Bretón",
    "Español-Catalán",
    "Español-Esperanto",
    "Español-Francés",
    "Español-Inglés",
    "Español-Italiano",
    "Español-Maya yucateco",
    "Español-Polaco",
    "Español-Portugués"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Del latín carus ('querido'), del protoindoeuropeo *kāro-.",
  "extra_sounds": {
    "acentuación": "llana",
    "longitud silábica": "bisílaba"
  },
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "caros",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cara",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caras",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carísimo",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "ca-ro",
  "lang": "Español",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "adj",
  "pos_title": "Adjetivo",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Que tiene un alto valor o costo; que excede mucho del valor o estimación regular."
      ],
      "sense_index": "1"
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "ES:Términos anticuados",
        "ES:Términos literarios"
      ],
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            [
              34,
              38
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "Diego de Valera. Tratado en defenssa de virtuossas mugeres. 1441.",
          "text": "Parésceme que te plaze saber, muy caro amigo, quál es el fundamento de aquestos començadores de nueva seta que rotamente les plase en general de todas las mugeres maldesir."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Amado, querido; que es objeto de gran estima."
      ],
      "sense_index": "2",
      "tags": [
        "literary",
        "outdated"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "ES:Términos anticuados",
        "ES:Términos literarios"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Que ocasiona grandes dificultades."
      ],
      "sense_index": "3",
      "tags": [
        "literary",
        "outdated"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "sense": "Que tiene un alto valor o costo; que excede mucho del valor o estimación regular.",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "costoso"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Amado, querido; que es objeto de gran estima.",
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "estimado"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "Alemán",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "teuer"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Bretón",
      "lang_code": "br",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "ker"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalán",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "car"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "kara"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Francés",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "coûteux"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Francés",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "cher"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Inglés",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "expensive"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italiano",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "caro"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Maya yucateco",
      "lang_code": "yua",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "ko´oh"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Polaco",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "drogi"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portugués",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "caro"
    }
  ],
  "word": "caro"
}

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    "ES:Palabras llanas",
    "ES:Palabras provenientes del latín",
    "ES:Rimas:a.ɾo",
    "Español",
    "Español-Alemán",
    "Español-Bretón",
    "Español-Catalán",
    "Español-Esperanto",
    "Español-Francés",
    "Español-Inglés",
    "Español-Italiano",
    "Español-Maya yucateco",
    "Español-Polaco",
    "Español-Portugués"
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    "longitud silábica": "bisílaba"
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  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "adv",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "A un alto valor o costo."
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    }
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      "ipa": "[ˈka.ɾo]",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/08/LL-Q1321_(spa)-AdrianAbdulBaha-caro.wav/LL-Q1321_(spa)-AdrianAbdulBaha-caro.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Colombia"
      ],
      "wav_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LL-Q1321 (spa)-AdrianAbdulBaha-caro.wav"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "a.ɾo"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "Alemán",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "teuer"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Bretón",
      "lang_code": "br",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "ker"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalán",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "car"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "kara"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Francés",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "coûteux"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Francés",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "cher"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Inglés",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "expensive"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italiano",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "caro"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Maya yucateco",
      "lang_code": "yua",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "ko´oh"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Polaco",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "drogi"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portugués",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "caro"
    }
  ],
  "word": "caro"
}

Download raw JSONL data for caro meaning in Español (5.6kB)

{
  "called_from": "parser/304",
  "msg": "HTML tag <span> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "caro"
  ],
  "section": "Español",
  "subsection": "Adjetivo",
  "title": "caro",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 2"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "caro"
  ],
  "section": "Español",
  "subsection": "Adjetivo",
  "title": "caro",
  "trace": ""
}

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