carajillo

Spanish

Etymology

From carajo +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

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

• 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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• carajillo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia