caraja
Spanish, noun/kaˈɾaxa/
caraja is spelled C-A-R-A-J-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 82,716th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caraja is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “Square sail that the fishermen of Veracruz launch in a boat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Vela cuadrada que se iza en un botalón”.
What does caraja mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineSquare sail that the fishermen of Veracruz launch in a boat.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vela cuadrada que se iza en un botalón. 2. Atontamiento, embotamiento temporal de la razón y los sentidos.
adjective: 1. Se dice de los miembros de cierta tribu del Brasil, del grupo de los tapuyas.
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 caraja
- carajas plural
- carajás plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caraja?
- /kaˈɾaxa/
- [kaˈɾa.xa]
- [kaˈɾaxa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is caraja in Spanish?
caraja appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).