caramillo

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin calamellus, diminutive of Latin calamus. Probably a doublet of caramelo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kaɾaˈmiʝo/ [ka.ɾaˈmi.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kaɾaˈmiʝo/ [ka.ɾaˈmi.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /kaɾaˈmiʎo/ [ka.ɾaˈmi.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kaɾaˈmiʃo/ [ka.ɾaˈmi.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kaɾaˈmiʒo/ [ka.ɾaˈmi.ʒo]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

• (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝo
• (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎo
• (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃo
• (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒo

• Syllabification: ca‧ra‧mi‧llo

Noun

caramillo m (plural caramillos)

1. (music) shawm

Related terms

• cálamo
• carámbano

 

Further reading

• “caramillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014