caribeño

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish Caribe

Proto-Indo-European *-nósder.

Latin -ēnus

Spanish -eño

Spanish caribeño

From Caribe + -eño.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɾiˈbeɲo/ [ka.ɾiˈβ̞e.ɲo]
• Rhymes: -eɲo
• Syllabification: ca‧ri‧be‧ño

Adjective

caribeño (feminine caribeña, masculine plural caribeños, feminine plural caribeñas)

1. Caribbean

Noun

caribeño m (plural caribeños, feminine caribeña, feminine plural caribeñas)

1. Caribbean

Further reading

• “caribeño”, 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