carrete
Spanish, noun/kaˈrete/
carrete is spelled C-A-R-R-E-T-E (7 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written Spanish, the 28,665th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Carrete is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “bobbin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cilindro hueco de bordes levantados destinado a enrollar en él hilos, alambres, cordeles u otros elementos…”.
What does carrete mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebobbin
- 2
masculinefishing reel
- 3
masculinefilm
- 4
colloquialmasculineparty (social gathering)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cilindro hueco de bordes levantados destinado a enrollar en él hilos, alambres, cordeles u otros elementos filiformes o laminados. 2. Elemento en el que se enrolla la película de las máquinas fotográficas. 3. Pieza metálica en la que se enrollaba la cinta de las antiguas máquinas de escribir. 4. Pieza cilíndrica para enrollar el sedal de la caña de pescar.
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 carrete
- carretes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce carrete?
- /kaˈrete/
- [kaˈre.t̪e]
- [kaˈret̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to carrete
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is carrete in Spanish?
carrete appears 1.4 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).