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carena

Spanish, noun

carena is spelled C-A-R-E-N-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 79,842nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Carena is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “bottom (parts of a vessel that is always underwater)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of carenar. With an accent, carená is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of carenar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Reparación y compostura del casco de un barco para que quede impermeable”.

What does carena mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininebottom (parts of a vessel that is always underwater)

  2. 2

    colloquialfeminineteasing

verb

  1. 1

    third-person singular present indicative

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

verb

as carená
  1. 1

    second-person singular voseo imperative of carenar

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Reparación y compostura del casco de un barco para que quede impermeable. 2. Parte del casco de un barco que se encuentra sumergida en el agua. 3. Adaptación hecha en un vehículo de dos o cuatro ruedas, por medio de un revestimiento de fibra de vidrio o plástico, comúnmente, para darle una forma de quilla de barco por motivaciones estéticas o aerodinámicas. 4. Burla hiriente.

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 carena

  • carenas plural

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

English words that translate to carena

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

How common is carena in Spanish?

carena appears about once in every 4 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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