carabina

Noun

carabina f (plural carabine)

1. carbine, rifle

Anagrams

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Etymology

From French carabine.

Noun

carabīna f (genitive carabīnae); first declension

1. (New Latin) carbine

Etymology

From French carabine (“carbine”), from carabin (“dragoon”), from regional escarrabin (“grave digger”), from Middle French scarabée, from Latin scarabaeus (“beetle”), from Ancient Greek κάραβος (kárabos, “beetle”).

Pronunciation

• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌka.ɾa.ˈbi.na/

Noun

carabina f (plural carabinas)

1. carbine (short firearm)
2. rifle

Etymology

From French carabine (“carbine”), -> carabin -> escarrabin (grave digger) -> scarabée, from Latin scarabaeus (“beetle”), from Ancient Greek κάραβος (kárabos, “beetle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɾaˈbina/, [kaɾaˈβina]

Noun

carabina m (plural carabinas)

1. carbine (short firearm)
2. rifle
3. chaperone

Further reading

• “carabina” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.