careta
Portuguese, noun/kaˈɾe.tɐ/
careta is spelled C-A-R-E-T-A (6 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 23,592nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Careta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “grimace, smirk; face” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “não drogado ou alcoolizado; sóbrio”.
What does careta mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegrimace, smirk; face
- 2
femininemask
noun
- 1
Brazilfemininemasculineslangsquare (socially conventional person)
adjective
- 1
Brazilfemininemasculineslangstraightedge (avoiding drugs)
- 2
Brazilfemininemasculineslangsquare (not up-to-date with trends)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. não drogado ou alcoolizado; sóbrio 2. pessoa que não sai das convenções tradicionais e conservadoras
noun: 1. cara feia 2. trejeito do rosto 3. caraça 4. não drogado ou alcoolizado; sóbrio
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 careta
- caretas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce careta?
- Brazil /kaˈɾe.tɐ/
- Portugal /kɐˈɾe.tɐ/
- Portugal /kɐ.ˈɾe.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to careta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is careta in Portuguese?
careta appears 1.8 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).