carajillo
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaɾaˈxiʝo/ [ka.ɾaˈxi.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /kaɾaˈxiʎo/ [ka.ɾaˈxi.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /kaɾaˈxiʃo/ [ka.ɾaˈxi.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /kaɾaˈxiʒo/ [ka.ɾaˈxi.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -iʝo (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- Rhymes: -iʎo (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -iʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)
- Rhymes: -iʒo (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: ca‧ra‧ji‧llo
Noun
carajillo m (plural carajillos)
- Irish coffee (coffee with a shot of liquor)
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