carapacho
Spanish, noun/kaɾaˈpat͡ʃo/
carapacho is spelled C-A-R-A-P-A-C-H-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written Spanish, the 153,784th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Carapacho is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “carapace, shell” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cubierta calcarea que cubre el cuerpo de tortugas cangrejos y otros animales”.
What does carapacho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecarapace, shell
- 2
masculineStew served in the shell of seafood
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cubierta calcarea que cubre el cuerpo de tortugas cangrejos y otros animales. 2. Estructura interna de soporte 3. El cuerpo de una persona muy delgada. 4. Parte del pollo opuesta a la pechuga, poco carnosa y que tiene mucho hueso, empleada para caldos o sopas.
adjective: 1. Que pertenece o concierne a los carapachos, pueblo autóctono de Perú. 2. Se dice de las personas pertenecientes al pueblo carapacho
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 carapacho
- carapachos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce carapacho?
- /kaɾaˈpat͡ʃo/
- [ka.ɾaˈpa.t͡ʃo]
- [kaɾaˈpat͡ʃo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to carapacho
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is carapacho in Spanish?
carapacho appears about once in every 17 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).