carbunco
Spanish, noun/kaɾˈbunko/
carbunco is spelled C-A-R-B-U-N-C-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish, the 118,609th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Carbunco is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “anthrax” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Forúnculo de gran tamaño”.
What does carbunco mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineanthrax
- 2
masculinefire beetle
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Forúnculo de gran tamaño. 2. Tapón de pus. 3. Reacción inflamatoria del tejido alrededor de un forúnculo₁. 4. Zoopatía infecciosa, generalmente mortal, que causa inflamaciones musculares y edema en en los rumiantes.
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 carbunco
- carbuncos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce carbunco?
- /kaɾˈbunko/
- [kaɾˈβ̞ũŋ.ko]
- [kaɾˈβ̞ũŋko]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to carbunco
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is carbunco in Spanish?
carbunco appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).