carajito

Spanish

Etymology

From carajo +‎ -ito, carajo is an often vulgar word for penis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɾaˈxito/ [ka.ɾaˈxi.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: ca‧ra‧ji‧to

Noun

carajito m (plural carajitos, feminine carajita, feminine plural carajitas)

1. (Venezuela, Dominican Republic) child
   • 2017 July 3, Claudio Nazoa, “Seamos el iceberg”, in El Nacional‎^[1], archived from the original on July 3, 2017:

     —Mira –le expliqué con paciencia–, lo que pasa es que cuando Rómulo yo era un carajito que todavía no había dejado sus muñecas (ojo, era titiritero).

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Further reading

• “carajito”, 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