caroteno
Spanish, noun/kaɾoˈteno/
caroteno is spelled C-A-R-O-T-E-N-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish, the 93,848th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caroteno is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “carotene” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hidrocarburo insaturado sintetizado por las plantas que dispersan el color rojo, naranja y en menor medida el…”.
What does caroteno mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecarotene
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Hidrocarburo insaturado sintetizado por las plantas que dispersan el color rojo, naranja y en menor medida el amarillo. Es lo que le da la pigmentación naranja a la zanahoria.
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 caroteno
- carotenos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caroteno?
- /kaɾoˈteno/
- [ka.ɾoˈt̪e.no]
- [kaɾoˈt̪eno]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to caroteno
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is caroteno in Spanish?
caroteno appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).