carai
Portuguese, noun/kaˈɾaj/
carai is spelled C-A-R-A-I (5 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese, the 104,744th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Carai is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “eye dialect spelling of caralho” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “município brasileiro do estado de Minas Gerais”.
What does carai mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculineeye dialect spelling of caralho
interjection
- 1
Brazileye dialect spelling of caralho
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado de Minas Gerais
interjection: 1. o mesmo que caramba
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of carai
- carai! canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce carai?
- Brazil /kaˈɾaj/
- Brazil [kaˈɾaɪ̯]
- Portugal /kɐˈɾaj/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is carai in Portuguese?
carai appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).