How do you pronounce caracara?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkæ.ɹəˌkɑ.ɹə/.

caracara

/ˈkæ.ɹəˌkɑ.ɹə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.70 in modern English

Syllables: caracara
IPA: /ˈkæ.ɹəˌkɑ.ɹə/

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Meaning

noun

Any of several South American and Central American birds of prey in the subfamily Caracarinae.

Example Sentences

"The caracara's flight is direct and rapid, not at all like that of the vulture, which sails and soars in spirals."
"A few still live on the remote coasts of Tierra del Fuego, and though warrahs and gauchos vanished from the Falklands soon after Darwin's visit, striated caracaras still cling to life on the archipelago's outer islands, where they hunt and scavenge in colonies of penguins, seals, and albatrosses."

Etymology

From Spanish caracara or Portuguese carcará, from Tupian, probably imitative.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: caracara, carcará, -

Inflected Forms

caracaras (plural)

Phrases

Audubon's caracara carunculated caracara Phalcoboenus carunculatus chimango caracara Milvago chimango crested caracara mountain caracara Phalcoboenus megalopterus

Rhymes With

lara mara tamara tiara barra ferrara nara chara guevara guadalajara vergara parra