carba

See also: carba-

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡saɾba]

Verb

carba

1. first-person singular aorist indicative of carb (“to rip, to tear apart”)

Noun

carba

1. inflection of carbë (“scrap, rag”):
   1. definite nominative singular
   2. indefinite nominative/accusative plural

Galician

Alternative forms

• carva (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Unknown; from a substrate language, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kr̥-wós (compare Latin curvus, "bent"). Compare also Asturian carba (“brushwood”); garbu, gárabu (“small branch”), Basque garbasta, garbazta (“pole with branches”) and Sardinian carba, carva (“tree branch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾba/ [ˈkɑɾ.β̞ɐ]
• Rhymes: -aɾba
• Hyphenation: car‧ba

Noun

carba f (plural carbas)

1. sessile oak (Quercus petraea)
2. oak stump
3. heath

Derived terms

• Carba
• carballo

Related terms

• carballal
• carballeira

Further reading

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “carba”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “carba”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “carba”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• “carba”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Sardinian

Alternative forms

• carva

Etymology

Of unknown origin. Possibly belonging to the alleged Nuragic substrate. According to Pittau (2013), it should be connected to Asturian carba (“brushwood”), garbu, gárabu (“small branch”), Basque garbasta, garbazta (“pole with branches”). Compare also Galician carba (“oak stump”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkarba/, [ˈkär.β̞ä]

Noun

carba f

1. tree branch

Further reading

• “carba”, in Ditzionàriu in línia de sa limba e de sa cultura sarda [Online Dictionary of the Sardinian Language and Culture] (in Sardinian, Italian, and English), Autonomous Region of Sardinia [Sardinian: Regione Autonoma della Sardegna]

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾba/ [ˈkaɾ.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -aɾba
• Syllabification: car‧ba

Noun

carba f (plural carbas)

1. (Salamanca) scrubland

Further reading

• “carba”, 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