carajo

Etymology
The etymology is uncertain, but the most plausible source on the basis of both semantics and historical phonology appears to be unattested, which would have been a Latinized diminutive of , from.

Certain cognates include 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬. Some claim that attempts to attribute, with the same meaning, to the same etymon fail on phonological grounds, as the /r/ of carajo (or its absence in cazzo) remains unexplained, and no Latin phonological sequence develops as both /x/ in Spanish and /tts/ in Italian. However, the aforementioned may be cognate with the word "carajo".

Noun

 * 1)  penis
 * 2)  shit, jackshit , sod all , bugger all
 * 3)  hell
 * 4) crow's nest
 * 1)  hell
 * 2) crow's nest
 * 1) crow's nest
 * 1) crow's nest

Interjection

 * 1)  shit!
 * 2)  used as an intensifier, similar to the fuck

Usage notes

 * Carajo is considered to be a taboo word by many in South America and is replaced by the euphemistic forms or  depending on the context and in which country the term is used.  may have been used as a euphemism for carajo in the historical account of José Antonio Páez's battle order, "¡ Caras!", at the Battle of Las Queseras del Medio, an important battle of the Venezuelan War of Independence in 1819.