alcaravea
Spanish, noun/alkaɾaˈbea/
alcaravea is spelled A-L-C-A-R-A-V-E-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 24 million words in written Spanish, the 178,154th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alcaravea is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “caraway (plant, seed)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Carum carvi) Planta de la familia de las apiáceas, bienal, multicaule, con hojas tripinnatífidas y densas…”.
What does alcaravea mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecaraway (plant, seed)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Carum carvi) Planta de la familia de las apiáceas, bienal, multicaule, con hojas tripinnatífidas y densas umbelas de pequeñas flores blancas, cultivada en el norte de África y Europa Central por su fruto, un aqueno falcado de 2 mm de largo, usado como especia. De aroma intenso, rico en limoneno, se emplea en la preparación del chucrut, como aromatizante para el pan de centeno y para la elaboració
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of alcaravea
- alcaraveas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alcaravea?
- /alkaɾaˈbea/
- [al.ka.ɾaˈβ̞e.a]
- [alkaɾaˈβ̞ea]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alcaravea
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alcaravea in Spanish?
alcaravea appears about once in every 24 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).