carajo

/kaˈɾaxo/, [kaˈɾa.xo]

fuck, shit


Noun carajo m (plural carajos)

  1. (vulgar) penis
    No importa ser inteligente si tienes grande el carajo.
    Being smart doesn't matter if you have a big dick.
  2. (un carajo) shit (US), jackshit (US), sod all (UK), bugger all (UK)
    [No] me importa un carajo.
    I don't give a fuck.
  3. (al carajo) hell
    ¡Vete al carajo!
    go to hell! bugger off!

Interjection carajo

  1. (South America, Northwestern Spain, vulgar) shit!
  2. (slang, vulgar) used as an intensifier, similar to the fuck
    ¿Qué carajo quieres?
    What the fuck do you want?

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License


Examples
  • ¿Qué carajo pasó?

    What in the world happened?

  • Al carajo con la gramática.

    Grammar be hanged.

  • ¿Qué carajo estás haciendo acá?

    What on earth are you doing here?

  • ¡Al carajo con la física!

    Physics be hanged!

  • ¿Pero qué carajo estás mirando?

    What the hell are you looking at?

  • ¿Pero dónde carajo dejé estas pilas recargables?

    But goddammit where did I put those rechargeable batteries?

  • Vive en el quinto carajo.

    She lives in the back of beyond.

  • ¿Por qué carajo hiciste eso?

    Why in the world did you do that?

  • ¿Cómo carajo puede estar pasando eso?

    How the hell can this be happening?

  • No me importa ni un carajo la poesía.

    I don't give a damn about poetry.

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