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French
Pronunciation
Verb
carai
- first-person singular past historic of carer
Galician
Etymology
From carallo.
Pronunciation
Noun
carai m (plural carais)
- (euphemistic) a mild, colloquial alternative form of carallo
- Synonym: carainas
- Ese coche é caro de carai! ― That car is damned expensive!
Interjection
carai
- (mildly vulgar, colloquial, minced oath) rats!
- Synonyms: carainas, corno, caracha, carafio
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “carai”, 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), “carai”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “carai”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Noun
carai m (plural carais)
- (Brazil, Northeastern Portugal) Eye dialect spelling of caralho.
Interjection
carai!
- (Brazil, Northeastern Portugal) Eye dialect spelling of caralho.
Welsh
Pronunciation
Verb
carai
- third-person singular imperfect indicative/imperfect subjunctive/conditional of caru
Mutation
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