Etymology

carrao

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Spanish carrao ← Paraguayan Guarani [Term?]
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  1. Paraguayan Guarani · derived from[Term?]
  2. Spanish · derived fromcarrao
  3. English todaycarrao

From American Spanish carrao, from Paraguayan Guarani [Term?] car(r)aú, carao, caraó, originally probably imitative. Compare courlan, from a Cariban language.

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