caraballa

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kaɾaˈbaʝa/ [ka.ɾaˈβ̞a.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /kaɾaˈbaʝa/ [ka.ɾaˈβ̞a.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /kaɾaˈbaʎa/ [ka.ɾaˈβ̞a.ʎa] (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /kaɾaˈbaʃa/ [ka.ɾaˈβ̞a.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /kaɾaˈbaʒa/ [ka.ɾaˈβ̞a.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

• Rhymes: -aʝa

• Rhymes: -aʝa (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• Rhymes: -aʎa (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -aʒa (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Syllabification: ca‧ra‧ba‧lla

Noun

caraballa f (plural caraballas, masculine carabao, masculine plural carabaos)

1. (Philippines) female carabao
   • 1857, Antonio Codorniu y Nieto, Topografia médica de las Islas Filipinas, page 174:

     La leche de caraballa es blanca, espesa, rica de materia caseosa y de crema, de sabor agradable y muy nutritiva.

     Carabao milk is white, thick, rich in caseous matter and cream, pleasant tasting and very nutritious.

   • 1911, Revista agrícola de Filipinas, Band 4, Oficina de Agricultura, Departamento de lo Interior, Gobierno de las Islas Filipinas, page 506:

     La leche de la cabra es superior a la de vaca y a la de caraballa y se produce mucho más economicamente.

     Goat milk is superior to cow and carabao milk and is produced much more economically.