carabela

== Galician == === Alternative forms === carabel, caravel, caravela, crabela === Etymology === Attested locally since the 14th century. From a diminutive of Late Latin carabus (“coracle”), from Ancient Greek κάραβος (kárabos, “light ship, horned beetle”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaɾaˈbɛla/ [kɑ.ɾaˈβ̞ɛ.lɐ] Rhymes: -ɛla Hyphenation: ca‧ra‧be‧la === Noun === carabela f (plural carabelas) caravel 1440, Á. Rodríguez González (ed.), Livro do Concello de Pontevedra (1431-1463). Pontevedra: Museo de Pontevedra, page 145: picnic basket; parcel with provisions, or provisions taken to a journey date shell (Lithophaga lithophaga) Portuguese man-of-war (Physalia physalis) === References === Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “carabela”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “carabela”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “carabela”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “carabela”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Old Galician-Portuguese caravela, diminutive of cáravo, from Latin carabus, from Byzantine Greek κάραβος (kárabos). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaɾaˈbela/ [ka.ɾaˈβ̞e.la] Rhymes: -ela Syllabification: ca‧ra‧be‧la === Noun === carabela f (plural carabelas) (nautical, historical) caravel (a light, usually lateen-rigged sailing ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish for about 300 years from the 15th century, first for trade and later for voyages of exploration) ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “carabela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025