caravela

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === caravella (obsolete) === Etymology === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese caravela, a diminutive of cáravo, or cárabo, from Ancient Greek κᾱ́ραβος (kā́rabos, “light ship, horned beetle”). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɛlɐ Hyphenation: ca‧ra‧ve‧la === Noun === caravela f (plural caravelas) (historical) caravel ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → French: caravelle → Spanish: carabela → Catalan: caravel·la === Further reading === “caravela”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “caravela”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “caravela”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “caravela”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026