caramujo
Portuguese, noun/ka.ɾaˈmu.ʒu/
caramujo is spelled C-A-R-A-M-U-J-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 60,234th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caramujo 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 “pequeno molusco gastrópode marinho”.
What does caramujo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesnail (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pequeno molusco gastrópode marinho 2. burrié 3. pastel em forma de caracol 4. qualidade de repolho
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 caramujo
- caramujos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caramujo?
- Brazil /ka.ɾaˈmu.ʒu/
- Portugal /kɐ.ɾɐˈmu.ʒu/
- Portugal /kɐ.ɾɐ.ˈmu.ʒu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to caramujo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is caramujo in Portuguese?
caramujo appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).