caparazón
Spanish, noun/kapaɾaˈθon/
caparazón is spelled C-A-P-A-R-A-Z-Ó-N (9 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written Spanish, the 28,665th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caparazón is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “carapace (a hard protective covering of bone or chitin, especially one which covers the dorsal portion of an animal)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cubierta sólida y dura, de distinta naturaleza según sea el caso, que protege las partes blandas de ciertos…”.
What does caparazón mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecarapace (a hard protective covering of bone or chitin, especially one which covers the dorsal portion of an animal)
- 2
masculinecaparison
- 3
masculineshell
- 4
masculinenosebag
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cubierta sólida y dura, de distinta naturaleza según sea el caso, que protege las partes blandas de ciertos animales como los quelonios, crustáceos o protozoos.
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 caparazón
- caparazones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caparazón?
- /kapaɾaˈθon/
- [ka.pa.ɾaˈθõn]
- /kapaɾaˈson/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to caparazón
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is caparazón in Spanish?
caparazón appears 1.4 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).