caramelo

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese caramelo, from Late Latin calamellum, diminutive of Latin calamus, or alternatively from Early Medieval Latin cannamellis (“honey cane”), probably from Latin canna + mellis, genitive of mel (“honey”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ɾaˈmɛ.lu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ɾaˈmɛ.lu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ɾaˈmɛ.lo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.ɾɐˈmɛ.lu/

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌka.ɾɐ.ˈmɛ.lʊ/

• Audio (Brazil):

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• Hyphenation: ca‧ra‧me‧lo

Noun

caramelo m (plural caramelos)

1. (uncountable) caramel (confection)
2. candy made of caramel
3. (by extension) any candy

   Synonym: doce

4. ice, icicle
5. (Brazil) a type of mixed-breed dog with a caramel-colored coat

   Synonym: vira-lata caramelo

Related terms

• caramelizar, caramelado, caramelização

Descendants

• → Spanish: caramelo (“caramel, candy”)
  • → Catalan: caramel
  • → French: caramel (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• caramelo on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese caramelo, probably from Late Latin calamellus, and therefore a doublet of the inherited caramillo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɾaˈmelo/ [ka.ɾaˈme.lo]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -elo
• Syllabification: ca‧ra‧me‧lo

Noun

caramelo m (plural caramelos)

1. caramel
2. candy

   Synonyms: dulce, golosina

Derived terms

• a punto de caramelo
• bastón de caramelo
• manzana de caramelo

Descendants

• → Catalan: caramel
• → French: caramel (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “caramelo”, 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