caracol
Portuguese, noun/ka.ɾaˈkɔw/
caracol is spelled C-A-R-A-C-O-L (7 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 21,687th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caracol is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “snail (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nome vulgar extensivo a moluscos gastrópodes pulmonados da família dos Helicídeos”.
What does caracol mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesnail (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell)
- 2
masculinecurl (a lock of curly hair)
- 3
masculinecochlea (the complex, spirally coiled, tapered cavity of the inner ear)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. nome vulgar extensivo a moluscos gastrópodes pulmonados da família dos Helicídeos 2. hélice 3. ziguezague 4. caminho em ziguezague
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado de Mato Grosso do Sul 2. município brasileiro do estado do Piauí
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of caracol
- caracóis plural
- caracolinho diminutive
- caracolzinho diminutive
- caracolito diminutive
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caracol?
- Brazil /ka.ɾaˈkɔw/
- Brazil [ka.ɾaˈkɔʊ̯]
- Portugal /kɐ.ɾɐˈkɔl/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to caracol
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is caracol in Portuguese?
caracol appears 2.1 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).