caramujo

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ɾaˈmu.ʒu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ɾaˈmu.ʒu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ɾaˈmu.ʒo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.ɾɐˈmu.ʒu/

• Hyphenation: ca‧ra‧mu‧jo

Noun

caramujo m (plural caramujos)

1. snail (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell)

   Synonym: caracol

Usage notes

In Brazil, this term usually refers to aquatic snails, while caracol refers to terrestrial ones.