cara
Portuguese, noun
cara is spelled C-A-R-A (4 letters) and appears 479 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 197th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cara is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “face” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of caro (“expensive, dear”). With an accent, cará is a different word: “various species of Dioscorea and their edible tubers”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “parte anterior da cabeça, desde a testa ao queixo; rosto”.
What does cara mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineface
- 2
feminineheads (side of coin)
cara ou coroa
- 3
feminineinformalresemblance, appearance; look (perceived characteristic of a person, object or situation)
Ele tem cara de idiota.
noun
- 1
Brazilinformalmasculineman, fellow, guy and any adult male
interjection
- 1
Brazilcolloquialdude!
Cara! Finalmente cê me ligou!
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of caro (“expensive, dear”)
noun
- 1
masculinevarious species of Dioscorea and their edible tubers
- 2
masculinenonstandardtaro (Colocasia esculenta) and its edible tubers
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of acará
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
preposition: 1. em direção a, para, contra
pronoun: 1. pronome de tratamento
noun: 1. parte anterior da cabeça, desde a testa ao queixo; rosto 2. semblante; aparência 3. ousadia 4. grande quantidade de tempo
noun: 1. gosto, ou, combinação com o modo, que se pensa ter alguém, que com esse gosto ou modo se pensa combinar
noun: 1. gênero de algas submergidas
noun: 1. nome comum a várias trepadeiras da família das dioscoreáceas, nativas do Brasil e da Ásia 2. raíz comestível, muito parecida com o inhame
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cara
- caras plural
- kra alternative
- cara! canonical
- carás plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
cara appears 479 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).