caralho

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Galician

Noun

caralho m (plural caralhos, reintegrationist norm)

  1. reintegrationist spelling of carallo

Interjection

caralho

  1. reintegrationist spelling of carallo

References

  • “caralho” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Portuguese

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Etymology

The etymology is uncertain, but the most plausible source on the basis of both semantics and historical phonology appears to be unattested Vulgar Latin *c(h)araculum, which would have been a Latinized diminutive of Ancient Greek χάραξ (khárax, “stick”).

Another possibility is Late Latin cassus or its diminutive, carassus (“empty”), eventually used to describe a crow's nest on a ship.

Certain cognates include Spanish carajo, Galician carallo and Catalan carall. Attempts to attribute Italian same-meaning cazzo to the same etymon fail on phonological grounds, as the /r/ of carajo (or its absence in cazzo) remains unexplained, and no Latin phonological sequence develops as both /x/ in Spanish and /tts/ in Italian.

Doublet of carago.

Pronunciation

 

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  • Rhymes: -aʎu
  • Hyphenation: ca‧ra‧lho

Noun

caralho m (plural caralhos)

  1. (vulgar) penis; dick; cock
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pénis
  2. (vulgar) shit; crap; worthless stuff or thing

Interjection

caralho!

  1. (colloquial, vulgar) fuck!

Derived terms

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