caracol

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[edit] English

caracol (plural caracols)

Alternative spelling of caracole.

caracol (third-person singular simple present caracols, present participle caracoling, simple past and past participle caracoled)

Alternative spelling of caracole.


[edit] Galician

[edit] Noun

caracol m. (plural caracois)

  1. snail

[edit] Portuguese

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caracol

[edit] Etymology

From Latin cochlea (snail), from Ancient Greek κοχλίας (kokhlias, spiral, snail shell).

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Noun

caracol m. (plural caracóis)

  1. snail (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell)
  2. a lock of curly hair

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *cochleare, from cochlea.

[edit] Noun

caracol m. (plural caracoles)

  1. snail
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