caribe

From Spanish caribe.

caribe (plural caribes)

1. piranha fish

• “caribe”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• Craibe, cabrie

From a Taíno or Kalinago term corresponding to karifuna (“Kalinago person”) in modern Kalinago, a borrowing from a Cariban language, ultimately from Proto-Cariban *karipona (“person”). Compare Kari'na karìna (“Carib person”).

• IPA^(key): /kaˈɾibe/ [kaˈɾi.β̞e]
• Rhymes: -ibe
• Syllabification: ca‧ri‧be

caribe m or f (masculine and feminine plural caribes)

1. Cariban, belonging to one of the Carib peoples or relating to their cultures and languages
2. Caribbean
3. (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Venezuela) hot, spicy (of food)
4. (Dominican Republic) hot, very warm

   sol caribe ― hot sun

caribe m (plural caribes)

1. (Colombia, Venezuela) a piranha

   Synonym: piraña

• Latin: Caribaeus

• “caribe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “caribe”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
• Manuel Seco; Olimpia Andrés; Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023), “caribe”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]