carota

From Catalan cara (“face”).

carota f (plural carotes)

1. grimace
2. grotesque mask (worn during carnival and other folk festivals)

• (grimace): ganyota

• “carota” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “carota” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “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.

From Latin carōta, from Ancient Greek κᾰρωτόν (karōtón).

• IPA^(key): /kaˈrɔta/

carota f (plural carote)

1. carrot
2. core, core sample

• carotina

• carotare
• carotene

carota

1. third-person singular present indicative of carotare
2. second-person singular imperative of carotare

• carato, caratò, cataro, coarta, corata, croata

From Ancient Greek κᾰρῶτον (karôton, “carrot”), possibly derived from κάρᾱ (kárā, “head”)

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kaˈroː.ta/

carōta f (genitive carōtae); first declension

1. carrot

First declension.

• 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

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) carotta

From Latin carōta, from Ancient Greek κᾰρῶτον (karôton).

carota f (plural carotas)

1. (Sutsilvan) carrot

• (Rumantsch Grischun) risch melna, (Surmiran, Puter) rischmelna
• (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) riebla
• (Sursilvan) ragisch cotschna

Augmentative of cara (“face”).

• IPA^(key): /kaˈɾota/, [kaˈɾot̪a]

carota f (plural carotas)

1. (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.

carota m (plural carotas)

1. cool customer

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