carapacho

== Spanish == === Etymology === Related to Portuguese carapaça and French carapace, ultimately of unknown, likely substrate origin. Another theory traces it to Latin capa (“cape, cloak”). Compare also calabaza (“pumpkin, gourd”), Catalan carabassa, carbassa (“pumpkin”), and Ancient Greek κάραβος (kárabos, “a kind of beetle or crustacean; vessel”); also galápago (“kind of turtle”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaɾaˈpat͡ʃo/ [ka.ɾaˈpa.t͡ʃo] Rhymes: -atʃo Syllabification: ca‧ra‧pa‧cho === Noun === carapacho m (plural carapachos) carapace, shell Stew served in the shell of seafood === References === === Further reading === “carapacho”, 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