carambola

/[kaɾãmˈbola]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#63,643

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

carambola is aSpanishnoun. It means: Fruto del carambolo. Pronounced [kaɾãmˈbola].

Key facts for carambola
PropertyValue
Headwordcarambola
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kaɾãmˈbola]
Letters9
Frequency rank#63,643
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of carambola in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for carambola is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kaɾãmˈbola]. Corpus data places it at rank #63,643 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for carambola in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is carambola, spelled C-A-R-A-M-B-O-L-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fruto del carambolo.
  2. 2
    Lance que se hace con tres bolas arrojando una (atacante o tiradora) de modo que toque a las otras dos, y esta se llama Carambola limpia, pero si la bola impelida por la que se arrojó toca a la tercera, se llama Carambola sucia.
  3. 3
    Juego que se juega con tres bolas y sin palos.
  4. 4
    Choque o colisión múltiple entre vehículos.
  5. 5
    En el juego del revesino la jugada en que a un tiempo se saca el as y caballo de copas.
  6. 6
    Enredo, embuste o trampa.
  7. 7
    (Averrhoa carambola) Arbusto tropical perenne, perteneciente la familia Oxalidaceae. Mide tres a cinco metros, sus frutos se presentan en racimos de bayas, se comen cocidos. El consumo de estos está asociado con intoxicaciones en personas sensibles.
  8. 8
    Obtención de uno o más resultados adicionales a partir de una única acción inicial.

Synonyms

Frequency rank: #63,643 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "carambola"?
"carambola" is spelled C-A-R-A-M-B-O-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is [kaɾãmˈbola].
What does "carambola" mean?
As a noun, "carambola" means: Fruto del carambolo.
How do you pronounce "carambola"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "carambola" is [kaɾãmˈbola]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "carambola" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.