caricia
Spanish, noun
caricia is spelled C-A-R-I-C-I-A (7 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written Spanish, the 25,551st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caricia is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “caress” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of cariciar. With an accent, cariciá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of cariciar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Demostración de afecto o benevolencia, en especial la que implica un roce físico”.
What does caricia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecaress
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of cariciar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Demostración de afecto o benevolencia, en especial la que implica un roce físico 2. Por extensión, fenómeno físico cualquiera que provoca sensación de bienestar y agrado
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 caricia
- caricias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to caricia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is caricia in Spanish?
caricia appears 1.7 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).