carripana
Portuguese, noun/ka.ʁiˈpɐ̃.nɐ/
carripana is spelled C-A-R-R-I-P-A-N-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 62 million words in written Portuguese, the 218,398th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Carripana is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “heap, banger, rattletrap (worn-out car)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does carripana mean in English?
noun
- 1
Portugalfeminineinformalheap, banger, rattletrap (worn-out car)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of carripana
- carripanas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce carripana?
- Brazil /ka.ʁiˈpɐ̃.nɐ/
- Brazil [ka.hiˈpɐ̃.nɐ]
- /ka.ʁiˈpɐ̃.nɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to carripana
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is carripana in Portuguese?
carripana appears about once in every 62 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).