carear
[kaɾeˈaɾ]
The verdict
“carear” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Poner a una o varias personas en presencia de otra u otras, con objeto de apurar la verdad de dichos o hechos.
Corpus desk
Index ES-carear · carear · Spanish
carear · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | carear |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kaɾeˈaɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “carear” en español
Rare enough to double-check
carear is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [kaɾeˈaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 8 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for carear, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is carear, spelled C-A-R-E-A-R.
Definition
- 1Poner a una o varias personas en presencia de otra u otras, con objeto de apurar la verdad de dichos o hechos.
- 2Dirigir el ganado hacia alguna parte.
- 3Dar la última mano a la cara del pan de azúcar para limpiarle el barro de la purga.
- 4Cotejar una cosa con otra.
- 5Oxear, espantar.
- 6Pacer o pastar el ganado.
- 7Verse las personas para algún negocio.
- 8Ponerse resueltamente cara a cara dos o más personas a fin de resolver algún asunto desagradable para cualquiera de ellas.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how carear appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«Si es Muñoz Rocha, ¿no habría que carear al teniente coronel Chávez con el autor del anónimo y traer a testimoniar a los otros participantes del entierro macabro, empezando por el médico de acento extranjero que, según el anónimo, cortó el cadáver?».
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.