carabinero
Spanish, noun/kaɾabiˈneɾo/
carabinero is spelled C-A-R-A-B-I-N-E-R-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 37,997th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Carabinero is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “carbineer (soldier armed with a carbine)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Soldado cuya arma principal es una carabina”.
What does carabinero mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecarbineer (soldier armed with a carbine)
- 2
masculinemember of the national police
- 3
Spainmasculinea member of an armed force, in Spain between 1829 and 1940, whose mission was to patrol the coasts and borders of the country
- 4
masculineAristaeopsis edwardsiana
- 5
masculineAristeus antennatus
- 6
masculineAristaeomorpha foliacea (giant red shrimp)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Soldado cuya arma principal es una carabina. 2. Soldado encargado de la vigilancia fronteriza y de la persecución del contrabando. 3. Agente de la policía uniformada de Chile e Italia.
noun: 1. Bebida elaborada a partir de la mezcla entre el vino blanco y el vermú. 2. (Aristaeopsis edwardsiana) Especie de crustáceo color rojizo, similar al langostino. 3. Mariquita. 4. Arenque.
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 carabinero
- carabineros plural
- carabinera feminine
- carabineras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce carabinero?
- /kaɾabiˈneɾo/
- [ka.ɾa.β̞iˈne.ɾo]
- [kaɾaβ̞iˈneɾo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is carabinero in Spanish?
carabinero appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).