carajillo

Spanish

Etymology

From carajo +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kaɾaˈxiʝo/ [ka.ɾaˈxi.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): /kaɾaˈxiʝo/ [ka.ɾaˈxi.ʝo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /kaɾaˈxiʎo/ [ka.ɾaˈxi.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /kaɾaˈxiʃo/ [ka.ɾaˈxi.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /kaɾaˈxiʒo/ [ka.ɾaˈxi.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

• Rhymes: -iʝo (most of Spain and Latin America)
• Rhymes: -iʎo (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -iʒo (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Syllabification: ca‧ra‧ji‧llo

Noun

carajillo m (plural carajillos)

1. Irish coffee (coffee with a shot of liquor)

Further reading

• “carajillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• carajillo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia