carapacho

Meaning

1. (masculine) carapace, shell
2. (masculine) Stew served in the shell of seafood

Concepts

carapace

shell

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Synonyms

caparazón

concha

cuerpo

Translations

carapace

clipeo

carapace

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guscio

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corazza

κέλυφος

esoscheletro

καύκαλο

coquille

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Hyphenated as

ca‧ra‧pa‧cho

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kaɾaˈpat͡ʃo/

Etymology

Cognate with Portuguese: carapaça

Cognate with French: carapace

Cognate with Catalan: carabassa

Cognate with Ancient Greek: κάραβος

In summary

Related to Portuguese carapaça and French carapace, ultimately of unknown, likely substrate origin. Another theory traces it to Latin capa (“cape, cloak”).
Compare also calabaza (“pumpkin, gourd”), Catalan carabassa, carbassa (“pumpkin”), and Ancient Greek κάραβος (kárabos, “a kind of beetle or crustacean; vessel”); also galápago (“kind of turtle”).