caribe
Spanish, noun/kaˈɾibe/
caribe is spelled C-A-R-I-B-E (6 letters) and appears 25 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,239th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caribe is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “a piranha” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Aborigen perteneciente a una tribu nativa de las Antillas o de la costa septentrional de América del Sur.…”.
What does caribe mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineCariban, belonging to one of the Carib peoples or relating to their cultures and languages
- 2
femininemasculineCaribbean
- 3
femininemasculinehot, spicy (of food)
- 4
femininemasculinehot, very warm
sol caribe
noun
- 1
masculinea piranha
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Aborigen perteneciente a una tribu nativa de las Antillas o de la costa septentrional de América del Sur. Solían ser muy agresivos y practicaban la antropofagia. 2. (Pristobrycon spp., Pygocentrus spp., Serrasalmus spp.) Cualquiera de una cincuentena de especies de peces fluviales nativos de América del Sur, de fuerte dentición y hábitos carnívoros y agresivos, aunque la extrema voracidad con que se las representa habitualmente no tiene correlato real.
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 caribe
- caribes feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caribe?
- /kaˈɾibe/
- [kaˈɾi.β̞e]
- [kaˈɾiβ̞e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to caribe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is caribe in Spanish?
caribe appears 25 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).