carraca
Spanish, noun/kaˈraka/
carraca is spelled C-A-R-R-A-C-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 81,768th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Carraca is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “ratchet, rattle, football rattle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Barco grande y viejo o tardo en navegar”.
What does carraca mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineratchet, rattle, football rattle
- 2
feminineratchet, ratchet wrench, socket wrench
- 3
feminineroller (any of the birds in the family Coraciidae)
- 4
colloquialfeminine(UK) banger, (US) beater, bucket, hooptie, jalopy, shitbox, crock (old vehicle)
- 5
femininecarrack
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Antiguo navío de transporte de hasta dos mil toneladas, de la era de descubrimientos, inventado por los italianos. 2. Barco grande y viejo o tardo en navegar.
noun: 1. Instrumento de percusión. 2. Llave para aflojar todo tipo de tornillería, usando el mecanismo de trinquete.
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 carraca
- carracas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce carraca?
- /kaˈraka/
- [kaˈra.ka]
- [kaˈraka]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to carraca
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is carraca in Spanish?
carraca appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).