kárate

See also: karate, Karate, karaté, karatè, and karatē

Spanish

Alternative forms

• karate

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 空(から)手(て) (karate, “empty hand”), from 唐(から)手(て) (karate, “Chinese hand”), orthographic borrowing from Okinawan 唐手(とぅーでぃー) (tūdī, “Chinese hand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾate/ [ˈka.ɾa.t̪e]

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• Rhymes: -aɾate
• Syllabification: ká‧ra‧te

Noun

kárate m (uncountable)

1. karate

Further reading

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