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carba

Spanish, noun/ˈkaɾba/

carba is spelled C-A-R-B-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 49 million words in written Spanish, the 246,963rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Carba is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “scrubland” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Matorral espeso de carbizos”.

What does carba mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininescrubland

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Matorral espeso de carbizos. 2. Sitio donde sestea el ganado.

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 carba

  • carbas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce carba?

  • /ˈkaɾba/
  • [ˈkaɾ.β̞a]
  • [ˈkaɾβ̞a]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is carba in Spanish?

carba appears about once in every 49 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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