caribe
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
caribe (plural caribes)
- piranha fish
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “caribe” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Arawak kalingo, kalino, words used to designate strength and bravery.
AdjectiveEdit
caribe (plural caribes)
DescendantsEdit
- Latin: Caribaeus
Further readingEdit
- “caribe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014