cari
Spanish, noun
cari is spelled C-A-R-I (4 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 35,911th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cari is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “darling, dear, lover” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, carí is a different word: “curry”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Úsase como vocativo afectuoso entre miembros de una pareja u otras personas unidas por lazos muy estrechos”.
What does cari mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialfemininemasculinedarling, dear, lover
noun
- 1
masculinecurry
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. De color entre gris y pardo.
noun: 1. Úsase como vocativo afectuoso entre miembros de una pareja u otras personas unidas por lazos muy estrechos.
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 cari
- caris plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to cari
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cari in Spanish?
cari appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).