"caracol" meaning in Portuguese

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Noun

IPA: /ka.ɾaˈkɔw/ [Brazil], [ka.ɾaˈkɔʊ̯] [Brazil], /kɐ.ɾɐˈkɔl/ [Portugal], [kɐ.ɾɐˈkɔɫ] [Portugal], /kɐ.ɾɐˈkɔl/ [Portugal], [kɐ.ɾɐˈkɔɫ] [Portugal], /kɐ.ɾɐˈkɔ.li/ [Portugal, Southern] Forms: caracóis [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔl, -ɔw Etymology: 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, and Occitan caragol, from earlier cagarol. Etymology templates: {{unc|pt}} Uncertain, {{der|pt|VL.|*cochleār}} Vulgar Latin *cochleār, {{der|pt|la|cochlea||snail}} Latin cochlea (“snail”), {{der|pt|grc|κοχλίας||spiral, snail shell}} Ancient Greek κοχλίας (kokhlías, “spiral, snail shell”), {{m|pt|colher||spoon}} colher (“spoon”), {{der|pt|qfa-sub}} substrate, {{cog|ast,gl,es|caracol}} Asturian, Galician, and Spanish caracol, {{cog|oc|caragol}} Occitan caragol, {{m|oc|cagarol}} cagarol Head templates: {{pt-noun|m}} caracol m (plural caracóis)
  1. snail (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) Tags: masculine Categories (lifeform): Mollusks
    Sense id: en-caracol-pt-noun-AKbTgy9n Disambiguation of Mollusks: 67 4 28
  2. curl (a lock of curly hair) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-caracol-pt-noun-m4WoA~An
  3. (anatomy) cochlea (the complex, spirally coiled, tapered cavity of the inner ear) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Anatomy, Hair Synonyms: cóclea
    Sense id: en-caracol-pt-noun-SXhS5ckH Disambiguation of Hair: 8 30 62 Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 40 6 53 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: caramujo, lesma, escargô, molusco, gastrópode, encaracolar, encaracolado

Inflected forms

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