carenar
Spanish, verb/kaɾeˈnaɾ/
carenar is spelled C-A-R-E-N-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 59 million words in written Spanish, the 268,459th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Carenar is a Spanish verb meaning “to careen, to list (to turn a ship on its side)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Proceder a las reparaciones y composturas del casco de un barco”.
What does carenar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to careen, to list (to turn a ship on its side)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Proceder a las reparaciones y composturas del casco de un barco. 2. Acomodar la carrocería de un vehículo ligero de dos o cuatro ruedas, dándole el aspecto de la quilla de un barco, para darle forma aerodinámica o por razones estéticas.
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 carenar
- careno first-person present singular
- carené first-person preterite singular
- carenado participle past
- carenando gerund
- carenada feminine participle past
- carenados masculine participle past
- carenadas feminine participle past
- carenas indicative informal present
- carenás indicative informal present
- carena indicative present singular
- carenamos first-person indicative plural
- carenáis indicative plural present
- carenan indicative plural present
- carenaba first-person imperfect indicative
- carenabas imperfect indicative second-person
- carenábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- carenabais imperfect indicative plural
- carenaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce carenar?
- /kaɾeˈnaɾ/
- [ka.ɾeˈnaɾ]
- [kaɾeˈnaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to carenar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is carenar in Spanish?
carenar appears about once in every 59 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).