caracú
Spanish, noun/kaɾaˈku/
caracú is spelled C-A-R-A-C-Ú (6 letters) and appears about once in every 51 million words in written Spanish, the 252,202nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caracú is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “bone marrow, especially from the feet of bovines, and especially as used for food” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tuétano de los huesos de las patas del animal, especialmente del vacuno”.
What does caracú mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebone marrow, especially from the feet of bovines, and especially as used for food
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tuétano de los huesos de las patas del animal, especialmente del vacuno. 2. Por extensión: hueso de pata (con caracú).
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 caracú
- caracúes plural
- caracús plural
- caracuses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caracú?
- /kaɾaˈku/
- [ka.ɾaˈku]
- [kaɾaˈku]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is caracú in Spanish?
caracú appears about once in every 51 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).