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caracol

English

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ca‧ra‧col

Noun

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caracol (plural caracols)

  1. Alternative spelling of caracole

Verb

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caracol (third-person singular simple present caracols, present participle caracolling, simple past and past participle caracolled)

  1. Alternative spelling of caracole

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Asturian

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Etymology

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Uncertain. Possibly from a derivation of Vulgar Latin *cochleār, Latin cochlea (“snail”), from Ancient Greek κοχλίας (kokhlías, “spiral, snail shell”). Compare with cuyar (“spoon”). Alternatively, possibly of pre-Roman Indo-European origin.

Noun

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caracol m (plural caracoles)

  1. snail (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell)
    Synonym: cascoxu

Galician

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Etymology

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Uncertain. Possibly from a derivation of Vulgar Latin *cochleār, Latin cochlea (“snail”), from Ancient Greek κοχλίας (kokhlías, “spiral, snail shell”). Compare with culler (“spoon”). Alternatively, possibly of pre-Roman Indo-European origin.

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Noun

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caracol m (plural caracois)

  1. snail
    Synonyms: cornacho, cornacha, sesillo, cosco

Portuguese

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caracol
 
Outro caracol

Etymology

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Uncertain. Possibly from a derivation of Vulgar Latin *cochleār, Latin cochlea (“snail”), from Ancient Greek κοχλίας (kokhlías, “spiral, snail shell”). Compare with colher (“spoon”). Alternatively, possibly of pre-Roman substrate origin.

Cognate with Asturian, Galician, and Spanish caracol, Catalan caragol and Occitan caragol, from earlier cagarol.

Pronunciation

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  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ.ɾɐˈkɔl/ [kɐ.ɾɐˈkɔɫ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ.ɾɐˈkɔ.li/

  • Rhymes: -ɔl, -ɔw
  • Hyphenation: ca‧ra‧col

Noun

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caracol m (plural caracóis)

  1. snail (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell)
  2. curl (a lock of curly hair)
  3. (anatomy) cochlea (the complex, spirally coiled, tapered cavity of the inner ear)
    Synonym: cóclea

Usage notes

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In Brazil, this term usually refers to terrestrial snails, while caramujo refers to aquatic ones.

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Uncertain. Possibly from a derivation of Vulgar Latin *cochleare, from Latin cochlea, from Ancient Greek κοχλίας (kokhlías, “spiral, snail shell”). See also cuchara. Alternatively, possibly of pre-Roman substrate origin.

Cognate with Portuguese caracol, Galician caracol, Asturian caracol, and Occitan caragol, from earlier cagarol.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kaɾaˈkol/ [ka.ɾaˈkol]
  • Audio (Spain):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ol
  • Syllabification: ca‧ra‧col

Noun

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caracol m (plural caracoles)

  1. snail
  2. (anatomy) cochlea
    Synonym: cóclea

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • → Italian: caracollo

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