carango

Portuguese

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Quechua huarangu, or linked to Latin cancer via a Vulgar Latin metathetic form (compare Old Spanish cangro); cf. also caranguejo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈɾɐ̃.ɡu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈɾɐ̃.ɡu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈɾɐ̃.ɡo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈɾɐ̃.ɡu/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃ɡu

Noun

carango m (plural carangos)

1. (informal) ride (affectionate term for one’s automobile)

   Synonym: possante

2. crab louse; pubic louse (Pthirus pubis, a parasitic insect that lives amongst the pubic hairs of humans)

   Synonym: chato

Related terms

• caranguejo