caruja

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *cālūginem, variant of Latin cālīginem (“fog”).

Pronunciation 1

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈɾu.ʒɐ/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈɾu.ʒɐ/

• Hyphenation: ca‧ru‧ja

Pronunciation 2

• Hyphenation: ca‧ru‧ja

Noun

caruja f (plural carujas)

1. (regional) fog
2. (regional) drizzle (very light rain)

Descendants

• → Spanish: garúa
  • → English: garua

Further reading

• “caruja”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024

Etymology 2

Verb

caruja

1. third-person singular present indicative of carujar