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cara

Spanish, noun

cara is spelled C-A-R-A (4 letters) and appears 186 times per million words in written Spanish, the 447th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cara is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “face (the front part of the head)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of caro. With an accent, cará is a different word: “taro (Colocasia esculenta)”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “En los humanos y algunos animales, es la parte frontal de la cabeza, donde se encuentran los ojos, nariz y…”.

What does cara mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineface (the front part of the head)

  2. 2

    feminineface (one's facial expression)

    Su cara lo decía todo.

  3. 3

    feminineface (the frontal aspect of something)

  4. 4

    colloquialfemininegall, nerve (impudence)

  5. 5

    feminineface (any of the flat bounding surfaces of a polyhedron)

  6. 6

    feminineside (of paper, a card, a coin)

  7. 7

    feminineheads (side of a coin)

adjective

  1. 1

    femininefeminine singular of caro

noun

as cará
  1. 1

    masculinetaro (Colocasia esculenta)

  2. 2

    masculinesmooth-cheek eartheater (Gymnogeophagus gymnogenys)

  3. 3

    masculinechameleon cichlid (Australoheros facetus)

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. En los humanos y algunos animales, es la parte frontal de la cabeza, donde se encuentran los ojos, nariz y boca. 2. Superficie exterior de un poliedro. 3. En general, cada una de las superficies de un objeto sólido. 4. Gesto o expresión que adopta el rostro para indicar el ánimo.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of cara

  • caras plural
  • carás plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to cara

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is cara in Spanish?

cara appears 186 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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