carúncula
Spanish, noun/kaˈɾunkula/
carúncula is spelled C-A-R-Ú-N-C-U-L-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 42 million words in written Spanish, the 229,525th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Carúncula is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “wattle (of bird)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Protuberancia carnosa”.
What does carúncula mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininewattle (of bird)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Protuberancia carnosa. 2. Semilla con excrecencia carnosa orientada al micropilo.
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 carúncula
- carúnculas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce carúncula?
- /kaˈɾunkula/
- [kaˈɾũŋ.ku.la]
- [kaˈɾũŋkula]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to carúncula
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is carúncula in Spanish?
carúncula appears about once in every 42 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).