o caralho

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === o caralhinho (diminutive) === Etymology === o (“the”) + caralho (“cock”) === Pronunciation === === Interjection === o caralho! (vulgar) my arse! / my ass! (when used at the end of a sentence) (vulgar) bullshit! (when used in responce to what someone else said) ==== Usage notes ==== Note that o caralho is much more vulgar than my arse; for less vulgar alternatives see below. ==== Synonyms ==== o caraças (Portugal, less vulgar) o escambau (Brazil, less vulgar) o tanas (Portugal, less vulgar) os colhões (vulgar) === Further reading === “o caralho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026