caracazo
Spanish, noun/kaɾaˈkaθo/
caracazo is spelled C-A-R-A-C-A-Z-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 54,064th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caracazo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “wave of violent protests and massacres, especially in Venezuela in 1989” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does caracazo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewave of violent protests and massacres, especially in Venezuela in 1989
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of caracazo
- caracazos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caracazo?
- /kaɾaˈkaθo/
- [ka.ɾaˈka.θo]
- /kaɾaˈkaso/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is caracazo in Spanish?
caracazo appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).