caravana

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian کاروان (kârvân).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kə.ɾəˈβa.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kə.ɾəˈva.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ka.ɾaˈva.na]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Noun

caravana f (plural caravanes)

1. caravan (a convoy or procession of travelers, their vehicles and cargo, and any pack animals)
2. camper (a motor vehicle with a rear compartment for living and sleeping in)

   Synonym: rulot

Derived terms

• autocaravana
• caravaner
• caravanisme
• caravanista

Related terms

• caravàning
• caravanserrall

Further reading

• “caravana”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “caravana”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “caravana” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “caravana” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Persian کاروان (kârvân).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ɾaˈvɐ̃.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ɾaˈvɐ̃.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ɾaˈvɐ.na/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.ɾɐˈvɐ.nɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.ɾɐˈvɐ.nɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.ɾɐˈba.nɐ/ [kɐ.ɾɐˈβa.nɐ]

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐnɐ, (Brazil) -ɐ̃nɐ
• Hyphenation: ca‧ra‧va‧na

Noun

caravana f (plural caravanas)

1. (collective) caravan (a convoy or procession of travellers, their vehicles and cargo, and any pack animals)

   Synonym: comboio

2. (Portugal) caravan (furnished vehicle used as a dwelling)

   Synonyms: (Portugal) rulote, (Portugal) roulotte, (Brazil) trailer

Derived terms

• autocaravana
• caravanista
• caravanismo

Further reading

• “caravana”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “caravana”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From French caravane, from Persian کاروان (kârvân).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɾaˈbana/ [ka.ɾaˈβ̞a.na]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: ca‧ra‧va‧na

Noun

caravana f (plural caravanas)

1. camper (a motor vehicle with a rear compartment for living and sleeping in)
2. caravan (a convoy or procession of travelers, their vehicles and cargo, and any pack animals)
3. traffic jam, the vehicles in it
4. (Uruguay) earring

Derived terms

• autocaravana

Descendants

• → Basque: karabana

Further reading

• “caravana”, 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