carburar
Spanish, verb/kaɾbuˈɾaɾ/
carburar is spelled C-A-R-B-U-R-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 34 million words in written Spanish, the 208,740th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Carburar is a Spanish verb meaning “to carburize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Mezclar los gases carburantes con el aire de manera que produzcan combustión o explosión”.
What does carburar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to carburize
- 2
colloquialto function, to work
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Mezclar los gases carburantes con el aire de manera que produzcan combustión o explosión. 2. Tener la capacidad de producir o funcionar adecuadamente.
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 carburar
- carburo first-person present singular
- carburé first-person preterite singular
- carburado participle past
- carburando gerund
- carburada feminine participle past
- carburados masculine participle past
- carburadas feminine participle past
- carburas indicative informal present
- carburás indicative informal present
- carbura indicative present singular
- carburamos first-person indicative plural
- carburáis indicative plural present
- carburan indicative plural present
- carburaba first-person imperfect indicative
- carburabas imperfect indicative second-person
- carburábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- carburabais imperfect indicative plural
- carburaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce carburar?
- /kaɾbuˈɾaɾ/
- [kaɾ.β̞uˈɾaɾ]
- [kaɾβ̞uˈɾaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is carburar in Spanish?
carburar appears about once in every 34 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).