caroço

Portuguese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *carudium, from Ancient Greek καρύδιον (karúdion), from κάρυον (káruon, “nut”). Cognate with Galician carozo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈɾo.su/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈɾo.su/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈɾo.so/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈɾo.su/

Noun

caroço m (plural caroços, metaphonic)

1. stone (hard nucleus of drupes)
2. (by extension) any hard seed found inside a fruit
3. (informal) growth (an abnormal mass, such as a tumour)
4. an undissolved chunk or pellet; for example, a pellet of dry flour in dough, or of dry dirt in mud

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:caroço.

Related terms

• caroça
• caroçama
• caroçudo
• descaroçado
• descaroçador
• descaroçamento
• descaroçar
• encaroçado
• encaroçamento
• encaroçar

Descendants

• Swahili: korosho