carango
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Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Uncertain. Possibly from Quechua huarangu,[1] or linked to Latin cancer via a Vulgar Latin metathetic form (compare Old Spanish cangro); cf. also caranguejo.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃ɡu
Noun[edit]
carango m (plural carangos)
- (informal) ride (affectionate term for one’s automobile)
- Synonym: possante
- crab louse; pubic louse (Pthirus pubis, a parasitic insect that lives amongst the pubic hairs of humans)
- Synonym: chato
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- Portuguese terms derived from Quechua
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɐ̃ɡu
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɐ̃ɡu/3 syllables
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Portuguese informal terms