carozo

Galician

Alternative forms

• caroço (Reintegrationist)

Etymology

Probably from Vulgar Latin *carudium, from Ancient Greek καρύδιον (karúdion), from κάρυον (káruon, “nut”); alternatively, from a substrate language: compare carolo and carocha. Cognate with Portuguese caroço.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈɾoθo̝/, (western) /kaˈɾoso̝/

Noun

carozo m (plural carozos)

1. inedible or hard inner nucleus of a fruit, such as an apple or a pear
2. corncob

Derived terms

• a lume de carozo
• Caroceiros
• Carozo

References

• “caroç” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “carozo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “carozo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “carozo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /kaˈɾoθo/ [kaˈɾo.θo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /kaˈɾoso/ [kaˈɾo.so]
• (Spain) Rhymes: -oθo
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: ca‧ro‧zo

Noun

carozo m (plural carozos)

1. corncob
2. stone; kernel (of fruit)

Further reading

• “carozo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014