caralho

caralho m (plural caralhos, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of carallo

caralho

1. reintegrationist spelling of carallo

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

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *c(h)araculum, from Ancient Greek χάραξ (khárax, “stick”).

caralho m (plural caralhos)

1. (vulgar) cock (penis)

• Fala: carallu
• Galician: carallo
• Portuguese: caralho

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “caralho”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “caralho”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Manuel Ferreiro (2014–2025) “caralho”, in Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN

• crl, krl (Internet slang, text messaging)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese caralho. Further 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”). Doublet of carago.

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.

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

caralho m (plural caralhos)

1. (vulgar) cock (penis)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pénis

2. (vulgar) shit; crap; worthless stuff or thing
   • 2022, “Padrão É O Caralho”, performed by Black Pantera:

     Sinta-se bem
     Não seja escravo de um espelho
     Em um mundo de vaidades
     Quem decide o que é feio?
     Importante perceber
     E também se aceitar
     Ninguém é igual a ninguém
     Sempre válido lembrar que
     Padrão é o caralho

     Feel good about yourself
     Don't be a slave to a mirror
     In a world of vanity
     Who decides what's ugly?
     Important to realize
     And also to accept
     No one is equal to anyone
     Always valid to remember that
     The norm is bullshit

caralho!

1. (colloquial, vulgar) fuck!

• “caralho”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025