caramillo

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin calamellus, diminutive of Latin calamus. Doublet of caramelo and the Middle French borrowing churumbela.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kaɾaˈmiʝo/ [ka.ɾaˈmi.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): /kaɾaˈmiʝo/ [ka.ɾaˈmi.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /kaɾaˈmiʎo/ [ka.ɾaˈmi.ʎo] (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /kaɾaˈmiʃo/ [ka.ɾaˈmi.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /kaɾaˈmiʒo/ [ka.ɾaˈmi.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

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

• Syllabification: ca‧ra‧mi‧llo

Noun

caramillo m (plural caramillos)

1. (music) shawm

Related terms

• cálamo
• carámbano

Further reading

• “caramillo”, 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