caruja

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Romance *cālūginem, a variant of Latin cālīginem (“fog”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈɾu.ʒɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈɾu.ʒa/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈɾu.ʒɐ/

Hyphenation: ca‧ru‧ja

Noun

caruja f (plural carujas) (regional)

fog
drizzle (very light rain)

Alternative forms

carujo, carunjo

Derived terms

carujeira
carujeiro

Descendants

→ Spanish: garúa
- → English: garua

Further reading

“caruja”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026

Etymology 2

Verb

caruja

third-person singular present indicative of carujar

Further reading

“caruja”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“caruja”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026