Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

carapato

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cara-p-a-to
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the genus Amblyomma of South American ticks.

Archaic

Etymology

From Portuguese carrapato (“tick”), of uncertain origin.

Origin

Source language: Portuguese

Word Breakdown

Root: carrapato

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

carapatos (plural)

Questions

What does carapato mean?: Any of the genus Amblyomma of South American ticks.
Where does carapato come from?: It is traced to Portuguese.

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