caralho

caralho m (plural caralhos, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of carallo

caralho

1. reintegrationist spelling of carallo

• “caralho”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2025

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

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “caralho”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “caralho”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Ferreiro, Manuel (2014–2025), “caralho”, in Universo Cantigas: edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa [Universo Cantigas: critical edition of Galician-Portuguese medieval poetry] (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”, in Ascensão, 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 Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “caralho”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “caralho”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “caralho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025