carcasa

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French carcasse. Cognate with English carcass.

Noun

carcasa f (plural carcasas)

1. carcass (corpse of an animal)
   • 2015 September 24, “¿Y si todos tuviéramos un corazón de repuesto?”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Todas ellas están condicionadas por lo que se denominan señales o factores biológicos que determinan su función y van acopladas a una estructura o carcasa compuesta por materiales proteicos.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (mechanics, technology) housing, casing (protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component)
3. case (e.g. a phone case)
4. (engineering) carcass, framework, body, chassis (usually an unfinished framework of a house, building or vehicle in particular)
5. a type of incendiary bomb
6. carcass (inner body of pneumatic tire)

Further reading

• “carcasa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28

Anagrams

• Caracas
• cáscara