caramillo
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin calamellus, diminutive of Latin calamus. Doublet of caramelo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaɾaˈmiʝo/ [ka.ɾaˈmi.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /kaɾaˈmiʎo/ [ka.ɾaˈmi.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, 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 (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‧mi‧llo
Noun
caramillo m (plural caramillos)
Related terms
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