# carta
## Asturian
### Etymology

From Latin charta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “papyrus, paper”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkaɾta/ [ˈkaɾ.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -aɾta
* Hyphenation: car‧ta

### Noun

carta f (plural cartes)
* letter (written message)
* playing card (one of usually 52 rectangular pieces of card)
    Synonym: baraxa
* map

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin charta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “papyrus, paper”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈkar.tə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈkaɾ.ta]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

carta f (plural cartes)
* letter, card (which one writes to someone)
* menu

#### Derived terms

* cartejar
* cartell
* carter
* cartera
* escartejar
* joc de cartes

#### See also

* targeta

### Further reading

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

## Corsican
### Etymology

From Latin charta, borrowed from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs). Cognates include Italian carta and Spanish carta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkarta/
** (Cismontane) IPA: [ˈkærta]
** (Ultramontane) IPA: [ˈkarta]
* Hyphenation: car‧ta
* Rhymes: -arta

### Noun

carta f (plural carte)
* card
* map

### References

* “carta, cartula” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaʁ.ta/
* Homophones: cartas, cartât

### Verb

carta
* third-person singular past historic of carter

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese carta, from Latin charta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “papyrus, paper”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkaɾta/ [ˈkɑɾ.t̪ɐ]
* Rhymes: -aɾta
* Hyphenation: car‧ta

### Noun

carta f (plural cartas)
* letter, correspondence
* (archaic) charter; contract
* playing card
* identification card
* map
* menu

#### Derived terms

* carteira
* carteiro
* descartar
* encartar

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “carta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “carta”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “carta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “carta”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “carta”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Irish
### Participle

carta
* past participle of cart

### Noun

carta
* genitive singular of cartadh

### Verb

carta
* analytic present subjunctive of cart

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin charta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “papyrus, paper”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkar.ta/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -arta
* Hyphenation: càr‧ta

### Noun

carta f (plural carte, diminutive cartìna, pejorative cartàccia)
* paper (the material)
* map
    Synonyms: carta geografica, mappa, pianta
* menu
    Synonym: menu
* card

#### Related terms

* aeroplanino di carta
* carta assorbente
* carta carbone
* carta d'identità
* carta da gioco
* carta da lettere
* carta da parati
* carta dei vini
* carta di credito
* carta igienica
* carta millimetrata
* carta SIM
* carta vetrata
* cartaccia
* cartaceo
* cartaio
* cartapesta
* carteggio
* cartella
* cartello
* cartiera, cartificio
* cartina
* cartoccio
* cartografia
* cartoleria
* cartolina
* cartomanzia
* cartone
* cartotecnica
* cartuccia
* incartare
* scartare

#### Descendants

* → Amharic: ካርታ (karta)
* → Cimbrian: karta, kart (Luserna)
* → Greek: κάρτα (kárta)
* → Hungarian: kártya
* → Maltese: karta
* → Tigrinya: ካርታ (karta)

### Further reading

* carta in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
* carta in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
* carta in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
* càrta in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
* carta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
* carta on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{it}$

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈkar.ta/, [ˈkärt̪ä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈkar.ta/, [ˈkärt̪ä]

### Noun

carta f (genitive cartae); first declension
* Alternative form of charta

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Derived terms

* Magna Carta

### References

* "carta", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

## Malay
### Etymology

From English chart, from Middle French charte (“card, map”), from Late Latin charta (“paper, card, map”), Latin charta (“papyrus, writing”), from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “papyrus, thin sheet”). Doublet of kad and kertas.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt͡ʃa(r)ta/ [ˈt͡ʃa(r).t̪a]
* Rhymes: -ta, -a
* Hyphenation: car‧ta

### Noun

carta (Jawi spelling چرتا, plural carta-carta, informal 1st possessive cartaku, 2nd possessive cartamu, 3rd possessive cartanya)
* chart (map or diagram)

#### Affixations

* cartakan (“to chart”)
* pencarta (“chartist”)
* pencartaan (“act of charting”)

#### Compounds

* carta alir, carta aliran (“flowchart”)
* carta pai (“pie chart”)
* carta palang (“bar chart”)

### Further reading

* “carta” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese carta, from Latin charta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “papyrus, paper”). Doublet of cartaz.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈkaʁ.tɐ/ [ˈkah.tɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈkaʁ.tɐ/ [ˈkah.tɐ]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ˈkaɾ.tɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈkaʁ.tɐ/ [ˈkaχ.tɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈkaɻ.ta/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈkaɾ.tɐ/
* Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -aɾtɐ, (Brazil) -aʁtɐ
* Hyphenation: car‧ta

#### Noun

carta f (plural cartas)
* letter (written message)
    Synonyms: epístola, missiva, correspondência
* chart, map (visual representation of an area)
    Synonym: mapa
* (card games) playing card (any of the 52 rectangular pieces of card used to play games)
* (law) charter (document issued by some authority, creating a public or private institution, and defining its purposes and privileges)
* (Portugal, São Paulo) driver's license (an official personal document that permits driving a vehicle)
    Synonyms: carta de condução, (Brazil) carteira, (Brazil) carteira de motorista

##### Derived terms

* apostar todas as cartas
* carta aberta
* carta avocatória
* carta batimétrica
* carta branca
* carta celeste
* carta circular
* carta constitucional
* carta corográfica
* carta credencial
* carta de á-bê-cê
* carta de abono
* carta de adjudicação
* carta de alforria
* carta de arrematação
* carta de aviso
* carta de condução
* carta de conforto
* carta de consciência
* carta de correntes
* carta de corso
* carta de crédito
* carta de emancipação
* carta de fiança
* carta de guia
* carta de habilitação
* carta de instrução
* carta de marca
* carta de marear
* carta de motorista
* carta de navegação
* carta de prego
* carta de reconhecimento
* carta de remessa
* carta de saúde
* carta de vinhos
* carta do abc
* carta fora do baralho
* carta geográfica
* carta geológica
* carta hidrográfica
* carta isófota
* carta magna
* carta mandadeira
* carta náutica
* carta orobatimétrica
* carta patente
* carta precatória
* carta reduzida
* carta régia
* carta reversal
* carta revogatória
* carta rogatória
* carta rumada
* carta sinóptica
* carta temática
* carta testamentária
* carta testemunhal
* carta testemunhável
* carta topográfica
* cartas dimissórias
* dar carta de alforria a
* dar cartas, dar as cartas
* deitar as cartas
* deitar cartas
* jogar com as cartas marcadas
* jogar com as cartas na mesa
* jogo de cartas marcadas
* levar a carta ao Garcia
* mostrar as cartas
* não pôr mais na carta
* pôr as cartas
* pôr as cartas na mesa
* ter as cartas na mão
* ter cartas na manga

##### Descendants

* Papiamentu: karta (with Spanish)
* → Japanese: カルタ (karuta)
* → Swahili: karata

#### See also

Playing cards in Portuguese · cartas de baralho (layout · text) :
| ás | dois, duque | três, terno | quatro, quadra | cinco, quina | seis, sena | sete, bisca, manilha |
| oito | nove | dez | valete | dama | rei | jóquer, curinga |

#### Further reading

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

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

carta
* inflection of cartar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Romanian
### Noun

carta f
* definite singular of cartă

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin charta (“paper”), from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “papyrus”). Cognate with English card and chart.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkaɾta/ [ˈkaɾ.t̪a]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾta
* Syllabification: car‧ta

### Noun

carta f (plural cartas)
* letter (document)
    Las cartas que anunciaron el descubrimiento de las IndiasLetters announcing the discovery of the Indies
* map
    Synonym: mapa
* menu (list of dishes in a restaurant)
    Synonym: menú
* playing card

#### Usage notes

* carta is a false friend and generally does not mean "card" (unless referring to playing cards). A more accurate translation for most meanings of the English word "card" (including a payment card, an identity card, a membership card, a postcard, and a colour card used in sports by referees) is tarjeta.

#### Derived terms

* a la carta
* abrecartas
* carta abierta
* carta al director
* carta amorosa
* carta astral
* carta blanca
* carta bomba
* carta de ajuste
* carta de amor
* carta de amparo
* carta de ciudadanía
* carta de contramarca
* carta de derechos
* carta de dote
* carta de emplazamiento
* carta de examen
* carta de fletamento
* carta de gracia
* carta de guía
* carta de hermandad
* carta de hidalguía
* carta de marca
* carta de marear
* carta de naturaleza
* carta de pago
* carta de personería
* carta de porte
* carta de presentación
* carta de quita
* carta de repudio
* carta de Urías
* carta de vecindad
* carta de venta
* carta de vinos
* Carta Magna
* carta magna
* carta natal
* carta pastoral
* carta reversal
* carta segura
* cartilla
* cartón
* descartar
* echar las cartas
* enseñar las cartas
* entre gitanos no nos leemos las cartas
* jugar a cartas vistas
* jugar a las cartas
* jugar la última carta
* jugarse todo a una carta
* jugárselo todo a una carta
* mesa de cartas
* no saber a qué carta quedarse
* perder con buenas cartas
* polvos de cartas
* por carta de más
* por carta de menos
* tomar cartas en el asunto

#### Related terms

* cartel
* cartografía

#### Descendants

* Papiamentu: karta (with Portuguese)
* Tagalog: kalatas

### Further reading

* “carta”, 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

### Anagrams

* catar, traca