caricatura

caricature

noun kah-ree-kah-TOO-rah Rare

Origin: From Italian caricatura (exaggeration), from caricare (to load/exaggerate).

Also means

cartoon

Usage Note

Caricatura can mean a drawn caricature (an exaggerated portrait), a political cartoon, or figuratively a distorted or absurd representation of something. In Latin America, caricatura is commonly used for animated cartoons and comic strips, a sense that Spain more often covers with dibujos animados or viñeta. Hacer una caricatura de alguien means to caricature someone.

Examples

"El periódico publicó una caricatura del presidente."

Natural Translation

The newspaper published a caricature of the president.

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