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carcasa

Spanish, noun/kaɾˈkasa/

carcasa is spelled C-A-R-C-A-S-A (7 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 33,004th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Carcasa is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “carcass (corpse of an animal)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Estructura que da soporte o protege a un objeto o ser vivo”.

What does carcasa mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininecarcass (corpse of an animal)

  2. 2

    femininehousing, casing (protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component)

  3. 3

    femininecase (e.g. a phone case)

  4. 4

    femininecarcass, framework, body, chassis (usually an unfinished framework of a house, building or vehicle in particular)

  5. 5

    femininea type of incendiary bomb

  6. 6

    femininecarcass (inner body of pneumatic tire)

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Estructura que da soporte o protege a un objeto o ser vivo. 2. Cuerpo de un animal al que se le han sacado las vísceras, la cabeza y las extremidades. 3. Bastidor o caja de computadora. 4. Cierta clase de bomba incendiaria antigua.

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 carcasa

  • carcasas plural

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

How do you pronounce carcasa?

  • /kaɾˈkasa/
  • [kaɾˈka.sa]
  • [kaɾˈkasa]

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

English words that translate to carcasa

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

How common is carcasa in Spanish?

carcasa appears 1.1 times per 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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