What does carta in Italian mean?

What is the meaning of the word carta in Italian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use carta in Italian.

The word carta in Italian means paper, menu, card, piece of paper, sheet of paper, map, have complete authority, paper bomb, sandpaper, aluminium foil, foil, tin foil, paper towel, blotting paper, blotting paper, cash card, ATM card, carte blanche, stamped paper for payment of a tax, stamped paper, written in black and white, set in stone, written in stone, carbon paper, mileage claim form, copy paper, chorographic map, identity card, ID card, ID, identity card, boarding pass, identity card, stamped paper for payment of a tax, paper towel, toilet paper, playing card, wrapping paper, packing paper, stationery paper, letter paper, pulp paper, wallpaper, tracing paper, mid-blue, ocean blue, mid-blue, charter of services, public service charter, service charter, wine list, vehicle registration certificate, credit card, charge card, identity card, residence permit, parchment paper, photographic paper, map, kraft paper tape, paper tape, toilet paper, toilet paper, letterhead, plain paper, graph paper, nautical map, wax paper, prepaid card, legal document paper, prepaid card, unstamped paper, aluminum foil, scrap paper, waste paper, scrap paper, scrap paper, cash, liquid asset, tissue paper, sandpaper, sandpaper, glasspaper, paper money, make a call, give carte blanche, give carte blanche to someone, give carte blanche, tissue, piece of paper, play the last card, à la carte menu, pay by credit card, piece of paper, only in theory, only on paper, on paper, in theory, paper tiger, trump card, ace up your sleeve. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word carta

paper

sostantivo femminile (materiale)

Invece di un normale foglio di carta io userei un foglio di cartoncino più resistente.

Instead of a regular piece of paper, I'll use a thicker card stock.

card

sostantivo femminile (figurato (documento, certificato)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

Ho perso la carta d'identità.

ⓘQuesta frase non è una traduzione della frase inglese. The Magna Carta was a famous charter.

piece of paper, sheet of paper

sostantivo femminile (foglio)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

Possibile che la gente sprechi tutta questa carta perché non sa usare bene la fotocopiatrice?

How can people waste all these sheets of paper just because they don't know how to use the copy machine?

map

sostantivo femminile (mappa, pianta)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

Ti ho comprato una carta pieghevole della città così potrai muoverti da solo a piedi.

I bought you a foldable map of the city so you can get around alone on foot.

have complete authority

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (figurato (avere libertà d'azione) (idiomatic)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

paper bomb

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

sandpaper

sostantivo femminile (carta vetrata)

aluminium foil, foil

sostantivo femminile (stagnola)

tin foil

paper towel, blotting paper

blotting paper

cash card, ATM card

sostantivo femminile

La mia carta bancomat si è smagnetizzata e ho dovuto richiederne una nuova.

carte blanche

sostantivo femminile (figurato (libertà decisionale assoluta) (full power)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

stamped paper for payment of a tax

stamped paper

written in black and white, set in stone, written in stone

(to officialize something)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")

Now that the contract has been signed the agreement might as well be written in stone.

carbon paper

sostantivo femminile (per copiare quanto scritto)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

mileage claim form

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

copy paper

sostantivo maschile (carta carbone) (carbon paper)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

chorographic map

identity card, ID card, ID

sostantivo femminile (documento di identificazione)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

identity card

boarding pass

identity card

stamped paper for payment of a tax

paper towel

toilet paper

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

playing card

sostantivo femminile (carta per giocare)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

wrapping paper, packing paper

sostantivo femminile (per plichi, pacchi)

stationery paper, letter paper

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

pulp paper

wallpaper

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

Questa carta da parati a fiori è pacchiana: non la voglio!

This flowered wallpaper is tacky: I don't want it!

tracing paper

mid-blue

sostantivo maschile (colore)

ocean blue, mid-blue

aggettivo invariabile (colore)

charter of services, public service charter, service charter

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

La carta dei servizi è stata riscritta in questi giorni.

wine list

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

vehicle registration certificate

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

credit card

sostantivo femminile (carta per pagamento)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

charge card

sostantivo femminile (carta per pagamento)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

identity card

sostantivo femminile (documento identificativo)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

residence permit

sostantivo femminile (permesso di soggiorno)

parchment paper

sostantivo femminile

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

photographic paper

map

sostantivo femminile (mappa, cartina)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

kraft paper tape, paper tape

sostantivo femminile (tipo di carta adesiva)

toilet paper

sostantivo femminile (prodotto igienico)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

toilet paper

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

Abbiamo finito la carta igienica; vai a comprarne due pacchi.

We're out of toilet paper, go buy two packs please.

letterhead

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

La sua carta intestata era puro esibizionismo.

His letterhead was pure exhibitionism.

plain paper

sostantivo femminile (carta non bollata per atti ufficiali)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

Questo modulo è in carta libera e non c'è bisogno di acquistare alcuna marca da bollo.

This form is on plain paper and there's no need to purchase any duty stamps.

graph paper

nautical map

sostantivo femminile (tipo di carta geografica)

wax paper

prepaid card

legal document paper

prepaid card

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

Le carte ricaricabili sono scomode per chi usa spesso il cellulare.

unstamped paper

(bureaucracy)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

aluminum foil

sostantivo femminile (alluminio per alimenti)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

scrap paper, waste paper

sostantivo femminile (idiomatico (carta di nessun valore, buona solo per avvolgere)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

Quel trattato ormai è carta straccia.

That treaty is as good as scrap paper by now.

scrap paper

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

scrap paper

sostantivo femminile (carta da buttare, stropicciata)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

Si adirò durante le trattative a tal punto che a un certo momento prese il contratto e ne fece carta straccia prima di andarsene via.

cash, liquid asset

sostantivo femminile (formale, amministrativo, burocratico (banconote, assegni, ecc.)

tissue paper

sostantivo femminile (tipo di carta)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

sandpaper

sostantivo femminile (per lavorazione oggetti)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

sandpaper, glasspaper

paper money

sostantivo femminile (banconota)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

make a call

(card games)

give carte blanche

give carte blanche to someone

(formal)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

Il miliardario diede carta bianca all'architetto per il progetto della piscina.

give carte blanche

tissue

sostantivo maschile (pezzuola usa e getta)

piece of paper

sostantivo maschile (pezzo di carta)

play the last card

à la carte menu

sostantivo maschile (ristorazione (scelta in base alla lista)

Il nostro ristorante propone il menù alla carta e il menù turistico.

Our restaurant has an à la carte menu and a tourist menu.

pay by credit card

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

piece of paper

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

only in theory, only on paper

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")

on paper, in theory

paper tiger

(figurative: seemingly threatening)

trump card, ace up your sleeve

(figurative)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")

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