caracol
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English [edit]
Noun [edit]
caracol (plural caracols)
- Alternative spelling of caracole.
Verb [edit]
caracol (third-person singular simple present caracols, present participle caracolling, simple past and past participle caracolled)
- Alternative spelling of caracole.
Galician [edit]
Noun [edit]
caracol m (plural caracois)
Portuguese [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From a derivation of Vulgar Latin *cochleare, Latin cochlea (“snail”), from Ancient Greek κοχλίας (kokhlias, “spiral, snail shell”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
caracol m (plural caracóis)
Related terms [edit]
Spanish [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From a derivation of Vulgar Latin *cochleare, from Latin cochlea. See also cuchara.
Noun [edit]
caracol m (plural caracoles)
Categories:
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English alternative forms
- English verbs
- Galician nouns
- gl:Animals
- Portuguese terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Portuguese nouns
- pt:Hair
- pt:Molluscs
- Spanish terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish nouns
- es:Mollusks
