caramujo

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(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)

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.

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