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carbunclo

Spanish, noun/kaɾˈbunklo/

carbunclo is spelled C-A-R-B-U-N-C-L-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written Spanish, the 176,328th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Carbunclo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “carbuncle (gem)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Gema de color rojo, variedad del corindón, muy utilizada en joyería. Es un aluminato de magnesio”.

What does carbunclo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinecarbuncle (gem)

  2. 2

    masculinecarbuncle (sore)

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Gema de color rojo, variedad del corindón, muy utilizada en joyería. Es un aluminato de magnesio. 2. Enfermedad que afecta a los rumiantes, al porcino y al ser humano, ocasionada por la bacteria Bacillus anthracis. Es una infección aguda, no contagiosa, que afecta a la piel, los pulmones o el tracto digestivo. 3. Cualquiera de un par de miles de especies de coleópteros, de distribución cosmopolita, caracterizados por emitir luz de la parte inferior de su abdomen. 4. Animal ficticio de algunas mitologías sudamericanas que emite luz y es guardián de yacimientos de metales preciosos o de tesoros.

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 carbunclo

  • carbunclos plural

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

How do you pronounce carbunclo?

  • /kaɾˈbunklo/
  • [kaɾˈβ̞ũŋ.klo]
  • [kaɾˈβ̞ũŋklo]

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

English words that translate to carbunclo

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is carbunclo in Spanish?

carbunclo appears about once in every 23 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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