carraspeo
Spanish, noun
carraspeo is spelled C-A-R-R-A-S-P-E-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written Spanish, the 148,939th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Carraspeo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “clearing of one's throat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of carraspear. With an accent, carraspeó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of carraspear”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de carraspear”.
What does carraspeo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineclearing of one's throat
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of carraspear
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of carraspear
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de carraspear.
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 carraspeo
- carraspeos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is carraspeo in Spanish?
carraspeo appears about once in every 16 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).