carícia

See also: caricia and cariciá

Catalan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəˈɾi.si.ə]
IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kaˈɾi.si.a]
Audio (Catalonia): (file)
Rhymes: -isia

Noun

carícia f (plural carícies)

caress
stroke, pet

Derived terms

acariciar

Further reading

“carícia” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
“carícia”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
“carícia”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian carezza.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈɾi.si.ɐ/ [kaˈɾi.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /kaˈɾi.sjɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈɾi.si.a/ [kaˈɾi.sɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /kaˈɾi.sja/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈɾi.sjɐ/

Hyphenation: ca‧rí‧ci‧a

Noun

carícia f (plural carícias)