caracú
Portuguese
[edit]Noun
[edit]caracú m (plural caracús)
- Prescribed spelling of caracu under the Orthographic Agreement of 1931, which was not implemented; now a common misspelling.
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]caracú m (plural caracús or caracúes or caracuses)
- (Paraguay, Rioplatense, Chile) bone marrow, especially from the feet of bovines, and especially as used for food
- Synonym: tuétano
- 2016 November 18, “Prepara algo rico para llegar a su corazoncito”, in Crónica[1]:
- Así que si querés llegar al caracú de tu enamorado procurá mantener tu aspecto de chica sexy, mientras le preparás algo rico.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
[edit]- “caracú”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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