carajo

Spanish

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 (“stick, rod”), which would have been a Latinized diminutive of Ancient Greek χάραξ (khárax, “stick”), from χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr).

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 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. However, the aforementioned carassus (“empty”) may be cognate with the word "carajo".

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaˈɾaxo/ [kaˈɾa.xo]
Rhymes: -axo
Syllabification: ca‧ra‧jo

Noun

carajo m (plural carajos)

(vulgar) penis
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pene
No importa ser inteligente si tienes grande el carajo.
Being smart doesn't matter if you have a big dick.
(un carajo) shit (US), jackshit (US), sod all (UK), bugger all (UK)
[No] me importa un carajo.
I don't give a fuck.
(al carajo) hell
¡Vete al carajo!
go to hell! bugger off!
crow's nest

Derived terms

al carajo
carajo de mar
carajote
del carajo
qué carajo
un carajo

Interjection

carajo

(South America, Northwestern Spain, vulgar) shit!
(slang, vulgar) used as an intensifier, similar to the fuck
¿Qué carajo quieres? ― What the fuck do you want?

Usage notes

Carajo is considered to be a taboo word by many in South America and is replaced by the euphemistic forms caramba or carrizo depending on the context and in which country the term is used. Caras may have been used as a euphemism for carajo in the historical account of José Antonio Páez's battle order, "¡Vuelvan Caras!", at the Battle of Las Queseras del Medio, an important battle of the Venezuelan War of Independence in 1819.

Descendants

→ Cebuano: karaho
→ German: Karacho

单词	carajo
释义	carajo Spanish 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 (“stick, rod”), which would have been a Latinized diminutive of Ancient Greek χάραξ* (khárax, “stick”), from χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr). 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 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. However, the aforementioned carassus (“empty”) may be cognate with the word "carajo". Pronunciation IPA^(key): /kaˈɾaxo/ [kaˈɾa.xo] Rhymes: -axo Syllabification: ca‧ra‧jo Noun carajo m (plural carajos) (vulgar) penis Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pene No importa ser inteligente si tienes grande el carajo. Being smart doesn't matter if you have a big dick. (un carajo) shit (US), jackshit (US), sod all (UK), bugger all (UK) [No] me importa un carajo. I don't give a fuck. (al carajo) hell ¡Vete al carajo! go to hell! bugger off! crow's nest Derived terms al carajo carajo de mar carajote del carajo qué carajo un carajo Interjection carajo (South America, Northwestern Spain, vulgar) shit! (slang, vulgar) used as an intensifier, similar to the fuck ¿Qué carajo* quieres?* ― What the fuck do you want? Usage notes Carajo is considered to be a taboo word by many in South America and is replaced by the euphemistic forms caramba or carrizo depending on the context and in which country the term is used. Caras may have been used as a euphemism for carajo in the historical account of José Antonio Páez's battle order, "¡Vuelvan* Caras!*", at the Battle of Las Queseras del Medio, an important battle of the Venezuelan War of Independence in 1819. Descendants → Cebuano: karaho → German: Karacho Further reading “carajo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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