caravela

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See also: caravelă

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

caravela

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

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ɾaˈvɛ.lɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ɾaˈvɛ.la/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.ɾɐˈvɛ.lɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.ɾɐˈbɛ.lɐ/

Rhymes: -ɛlɐ
Hyphenation: ca‧ra‧ve‧la

Noun

caravela f (plural caravelas)

(historical) caravel

Derived terms

caravela-portuguesa

Descendants

→ French: caravelle
→ Spanish: carabela
→ Catalan: caravel·la

Further reading

“caravela”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
“caravela”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

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