cárabo

Inherited from Old Spanish carabo (1326), of uncertain origin. DHLE proposes that it's possibly derived from Ancient Greek κᾱ́ρᾰβος (kā́răbos, “a kind of beetle”) by semantic shift.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾabo/ [ˈka.ɾa.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -aɾabo
• Syllabification: cá‧ra‧bo

cárabo m (plural cárabos)

1. tawny owl

• “cárabo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• “cárabo”, in Diccionario histórico de la lengua española [Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 13th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 31 December 2022, →ISSN