English

Noun

caracol ‎(plural caracols)

1. Alternative spelling of caracole

Verb

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

1. Alternative spelling of caracole

Asturian

Etymology

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

Noun

caracol m ‎(plural caracoles)

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

Synonyms

• cascoxu

Galician

Etymology

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

Noun

caracol m ‎(plural caracois)

1. snail

Portuguese

caracol

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ɾa.ˈkɔw/

Noun

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)

Related terms

• lesma, escargô, molusco, gastrópode
• encaracolar, encaracolado

Spanish

Etymology

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 Indo-European origin.

Noun

caracol m ‎(plural caracoles)

1. snail