careto

See also: ĉareto

Latin

Verb

carētō

second/third-person singular future active imperative of careō

Portuguese

careto

Etymology

From careta (“grimace, mask”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈɾe.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈɾe.to/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈɾe.tu/

Rhymes: -etu
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

Further reading

“careto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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