# caricatura
## English
### Noun

caricatura (plural caricaturas)
* Archaic form of caricature.

## Catalan
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian caricatura.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [kə.ɾi.kəˈtu.ɾə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ka.ɾi.kaˈtu.ɾa]
* Rhymes: -uɾa

#### Noun

caricatura f (plural caricatures)
* caricature

#### Further reading

* “caricatura” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
* “caricatura” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “caricatura”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “caricatura” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

caricatura
* inflection of caricaturar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ka.ʁi.ka.ty.ʁa/

### Verb

caricatura
* third-person singular past historic of caricaturer

## Galician
### Etymology

From Italian caricatura (“caricature”), from caricare (“carry”), from Late Latin carricāre (“carry”), from Latin carrus (“wagon”), from Gaulish *karros, from Proto-Indo-European *kr̥s-o-, from Proto-Indo-European *k̑ers- (“to run”).

### Noun

caricatura f (plural caricaturas)
* caricature (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect)

#### Related terms

* caricaturista

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ka.ri.kaˈtu.ra/
* Rhymes: -ura
* Hyphenation: ca‧ri‧ca‧tù‧ra

### Etymology 1

From caricare (“to exaggerate (the features of a person)”) +‎ -tura (“-ure”, verbal action suffix).

#### Noun

caricatura f (plural caricature)
* caricature, antic

##### Derived terms

* caricaturale
* caricaturista

##### Descendants

* → French: caricature

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

caricatura
* inflection of caricaturare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* caricatura in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
* caricatura in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
* caricatura in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
* caricatùra in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
* caricatura in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
* caricatura in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Italian caricatura (“caricature”), from caricare (“carry”), from Late Latin carricāre (“carry”), from Latin carrus (“wagon”), from Gaulish *karros, from Proto-Indo-European *kr̥s-o-, from Proto-Indo-European *k̑ers- (“to run”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ka.ɾi.kaˈtu.ɾɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ka.ɾi.kaˈtu.ɾɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ka.ɾi.kaˈtu.ɾa/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kɐ.ɾi.kɐˈtu.ɾɐ/
* Rhymes: -uɾɐ
* Hyphenation: ca‧ri‧ca‧tu‧ra

### Noun

caricatura f (plural caricaturas)
* caricature (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect)

#### Related terms

* caricaturista

### Further reading

* “caricatura”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “caricatura”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “caricatura” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “caricatura”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “caricatura”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “caricatura”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French caricaturer.

### Verb

a caricatura (third-person singular present caricaturează, past participle caricaturat) 1st conjugation
* to caricature

#### Conjugation
### References

* caricatura in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaɾikaˈtuɾa/ [ka.ɾi.kaˈt̪u.ɾa]
* Rhymes: -uɾa
* Syllabification: ca‧ri‧ca‧tu‧ra

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian caricatura (“caricature”), from caricare (“carry”), from Late Latin carricāre (“carry”), from Latin carrus (“wagon”), from Gaulish *karros, from Proto-Indo-European *kr̥s-o-, from Proto-Indo-European *k̑ers- (“to run”).

#### Noun

caricatura f (plural caricaturas)
* (art) caricature (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect)
    Synonym: dibujo
    Hyponyms: caricatura editorial, caricatura política
* (colloquial, Mexico) animated cartoon (especially in plural)
    Synonym: dibujos animados

##### Derived terms

* caricaturar
* caricaturista
* caricaturizar

##### Related terms

* cargar

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

caricatura
* inflection of caricaturar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “caricatura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10