carcasa

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French carcasse. Cognate with English carcass.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaɾˈkasa/ [kaɾˈka.sa]
  • Rhymes: -asa
  • Syllabification: car‧ca‧sa

Noun

carcasa f (plural carcasas)

  1. carcass (corpse of an animal)
    • 2015 September 24, “¿Y si todos tuviéramos un corazón de repuesto?”, in El País‎[1]:
      Todas ellas están condicionadas por lo que se denominan señales o factores biológicos que determinan su función y van acopladas a una estructura o carcasa compuesta por materiales proteicos.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (mechanics, technology) housing, casing (protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component)
  3. case (e.g. a phone case)
  4. (engineering) carcass, framework, body, chassis (usually an unfinished framework of a house, building or vehicle in particular)
  5. a type of incendiary bomb
  6. carcass (inner body of pneumatic tire)

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