caroço

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Portuguese

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "VL." is not valid. See WT:LOL. *carudium, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek καρύδιον (karúdion), from κάρυον (káruon, “nut”).

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "Portugal" is not valid. See WT:LOL. IPA(key): /kɐ.ˈɾo.su/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "Brazil" is not valid. See WT:LOL. IPA(key): /ka.ˈɾo.su/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "South Brazil" is not valid. See WT:LOL. IPA(key): /ka.ˈɾo.so/

Noun

caroço m (plural s, metaphonic)

  1. stone (hard nucleus of drupes)
  2. (by extension) any hard seed found inside a fruit
  3. (informal) growth (an abnormal mass, such as a tumour)
  4. an undissolved chunk or pellet; for example, a pellet of dry flour in dough, or of dry dirt in mud

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:caroço.

Related terms

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Descendants

  • Swahili: korosho
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