caragol

• cargol (popular, non-standard spelling)

Uncertain. Possibly from *caracōlus, via metathesis, dissimilation and change of stress of Vulgar Latin *cochleār, Latin cochlea (“snail”), from Ancient Greek κοχλίας (kokhlías, “spiral, snail shell”). Cognate with Spanish and Portuguese caracol (“snail”) Compare with cullera (“spoon”). Alternatively, possibly of pre-Roman Indo-European origin.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kə.ɾəˈɣɔl]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ka.ɾaˈɣɔl]

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• Rhymes: -ɔl

caragol m (plural caragols)

1. snail

• “caragol”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007