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carajo.

cock

6 characters3 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

noun/kaˈɾaxo/[kaˈɾa.xo]

  1. cock

    masculine · uncommon · vulgar
    No importa ser inteligente si tienes grande el carajo.

  2. (un carajo) shit (US), jackshit (US), sod all (UK), bugger all (UK)

    masculine · vulgar
    [No] me importa un carajo.

  3. (al carajo) hell

    masculine · vulgar
    ¡Vete al carajo!

  4. crow's nest

    masculine
Where this word comes from

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 (“stick, rod”), which would have been a Latinized diminutive of Ancient Greek χάραξ (khárax, “stick”), whence also χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr). Certain cognates include Portuguese caralho, Galician carallo and Catalan carall. Some claim that attempts to attribute Italian cazzo, with the same meaning, 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.

intj/kaˈɾaxo/[kaˈɾa.xo]

  1. shit! fuck!

    Northwestern · South-America · Spain · vulgar

  2. used as an intensifier, similar to the fuck

    slang · vulgar
    ¿Qué carajo quieres?
    ¡Vamos Boca Juniors, carajo!
Where this word comes from

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 (“stick, rod”), which would have been a Latinized diminutive of Ancient Greek χάραξ (khárax, “stick”), whence also χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr). Certain cognates include Portuguese caralho, Galician carallo and Catalan carall. Some claim that attempts to attribute Italian cazzo, with the same meaning, 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.

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