careto
Portuguese, noun/kaˈɾe.tu/
careto is spelled C-A-R-E-T-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written Portuguese, the 150,070th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Careto is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a masked figure in the Portuguese carnival tradition of Trás-os-Montes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mascarado do entrudo tradicional do nordeste português”.
What does careto mean in English?
noun
- 1
Portugalmasculinea masked figure in the Portuguese carnival tradition of Trás-os-Montes
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mascarado do entrudo tradicional do nordeste português
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 careto
- caretos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce careto?
- Brazil /kaˈɾe.tu/
- Portugal /kɐˈɾe.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is careto in Portuguese?
careto appears about once in every 26 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).