carapacho

Meaning

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

Concepts

carapace

shell

Hyphenated as

ca‧ra‧pa‧cho

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kaɾaˈpat͡ʃo/

Etymology

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”).