cara

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) face
2. (feminine) heads (side of coin)
3. (feminine, informal) resemblance, appearance (perceived characteristic of a person, object or situation)

Intj

man!; dude!

Adj

feminine singular of caro (“expensive, dear”)

Hyphenated as

ca‧ra

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈka.ɾɐ/

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cara, from Late Latin or Vulgar Latin cara, from Ancient Greek κάρα (kára, “head, face”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱrh₂esn.

Sentences

Você deveria ser um cara inteligente !

You should be a smart guy!

Um cara de construção com seu capacete está falando no telefone .

A construction guy with his helmet is talking on the phone.

Que delícia , cara !

How delicious, man!

Um cara com óculos de sol e uma mochila apontando para o céu .

A guy with sunglasses and a backpack pointing at the sky.

Um cara e uma menina apresentando objeto para o outro .

A guy and a girl presenting an object to each other.

Garcia , defronte , conseguia dominar a repugnância do espetáculo para fixar a cara do homem .

Garcia, in front, managed to master the disgust of the spectacle to fix the man's face.