carajillo

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish carajo

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -lus

Latin -ellus

Old Spanish -iello

Spanish -illo

Spanish carajillo

From carajo + -illo.

Pronunciation

 

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

• IPA^(key): /kaɾaˈxiʝo/ [ka.ɾaˈxi.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /kaɾaˈxiʎo/ [ka.ɾaˈxi.ʎo] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /kaɾaˈxiʃo/ [ka.ɾaˈxi.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /kaɾaˈxiʒo/ [ka.ɾaˈxi.ʒo] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /kaɾaˈxio/ [ka.ɾaˈxi.o] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

• Rhymes: -iʝo (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• Rhymes: -iʎo (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -iʒo (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• Rhymes: -io (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Syllabification: ca‧ra‧ji‧llo

Noun

carajillo m (plural carajillos)

1. hot coffee or espresso mixed with an alcoholic drink

Further reading

• “carajillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• carajillo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia