carozo

Galician

Alternative forms

• caroço (Reintegrationist)

Etymology

Probably from Vulgar Latin *carudium, from Ancient Greek καρύδιον (karúdion), from κάρυον (káruon, “nut”); alternatively, from a substrate language: compare carolo and carocha. Cognate with Portuguese caroço and Spanish carozo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kaˈɾoθo/ [kɑˈɾo.θʊ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /kaˈɾoθo/ [kɑˈɾo.θʊ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /kaˈɾoso/ [kɑˈɾo.sʊ]

 

• Rhymes: -oθo

• Rhymes: -oθo
• Rhymes: -oso

• Hyphenation: ca‧ro‧zo

Noun

carozo m (plural carozos)

1. inedible or hard inner nucleus of a fruit, such as an apple or a pear
2. corncob

Derived terms

• a fume de carozo / a lume de carozo
• Caroceiros
• Carozo

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “carozo”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “carozo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “carozo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “carozo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Etymology

Probably from Vulgar Latin *carudium, from Ancient Greek καρύδιον (karúdion), from κάρυον (káruon, “nut”); alternatively, from a substrate language: compare carolo. Cognate with Portuguese caroço, Galician carozo. Doublet of garojo, which was inherited via a different development.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈɾoθo/ [kaˈɾo.θo] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /kaˈɾoso/ [kaˈɾo.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -oθo (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -oso (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: ca‧ro‧zo

Noun

carozo m (plural carozos)

1. corncob
2. stone; kernel (of fruit)

Further reading

• “carozo”, 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