carouxo

Galician

From *carausio-, from a substrate language. Compare regional Portuguese caroujo, caroijo and the Galician synonyms carazo (perhaps from the same pre-Latin etymon) and carambo.

carouxo m (plural carouxos)

Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “carouxo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “carouxo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “carouxo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN