carabela

Spanish

Etymology

From Portuguese or Galician caravela, diminutive of cáravo or cárabo, from Byzantine Greek κάραβος (kárabos, “light ship, horned beetle”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaɾaˈbela/, [kaɾaˈβela]

Noun

carabela f (plural carabelas)

caravel

Derived terms

carabela portuguesa

Further reading

“carabela” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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