carabela

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Galician

Alternative forms

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

Noun

carabela f (plural carabelas)

  1. caravel
    • 1440, Á. Rodríguez González (ed.), Livro do Concello de Pontevedra (1431-1463). Pontevedra: Museo de Pontevedra, page 145:
      que d'oje este dito dia endeante non entrase byno algũu de fora parte per mar nen per terra ẽna dita billa, salvo o byno da caravela de Juan Bieites, que agora estava aa Ponte da dita billa
      that from today on, no wine can enter, either by sea or by land, in said town, with the exception of the wine inside the caravel of Xoán Bieites, which is now at the bridge of said town
  2. picnic basket; parcel with provisions, or provisions taken to a journey
    • 1697, Juan Antonio Torrado, Fala o corvo:
      Donde se gasta, è conforme
      Milleyros de carabelas,
      Como cada dia entran
      Por essas portas faxeyras.
      Where they use, naturally,
      thousands of parcels ,
      as each day enter
      through these Gates of the Beeches
  3. date shell (Lithophaga lithophaga)
  4. Portuguese man-of-war (Physalia physalis)

References

  • “caravel” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “carabela” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “carabela” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “carabela” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

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Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese caravela or Galician caravela, diminutive of cáravo or cárabo, from Byzantine Greek κάραβος (kárabos, “light ship, horned beetle”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaɾaˈbela/
  • Rhymes: -ela
  • Syllabification: ca‧ra‧be‧la

Noun

carabela f (plural carabelas)

  1. (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)

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