carallo

Meaning

Noun

1. (masculine, vulgar) penis
2. (masculine, vulgar) damn

Intj

1. (slang, vulgar) shit!
2. (slang, vulgar) go to hell, piss off, fucking hell, fuck, damn it

Pronounced as (IPA)

[kaˈɾaʎʊ]

Etymology

Cognate with Ancient Greek: χάραξ

Cognate with Portuguese: caralho

Cognate with Spanish: carajo

Cognate with Catalan: carall

Cognate with Breton: kalc'h

Cognate with Welsh: cala

In summary

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese caralho, from Latin *characulum, a Latinized diminutive of Ancient Greek χάραξ (khárax, “stick”). This also provides a single, phonologically coherent source for the cognates: Portuguese caralho, Spanish carajo 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. Otherwise, perhaps related to Breton kalc'h, Welsh cala, from a derivative of Proto-Celtic *kalgā.