crocodilo

From Latin crocodīlus, from Ancient Greek κροκόδειλος (krokódeilos).

• IPA^(key): /kɾokoˈdilo/ [kɾo.koˈð̞i.lʊ]
• Rhymes: -ilo
• Hyphenation: cro‧co‧di‧lo

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crocodilo m (plural crocodilos)

1. crocodile

• “crocodilo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• “crocodilo” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Borrowed from Latin crocodīlus, from Ancient Greek κροκόδειλος (krokódeilos).

• Hyphenation: cro‧co‧di‧lo

crocodilo m (plural crocodilos)

1. crocodile

Latin crocodīlus, which it was reinforced by.

• IPA^(key): /kɾokoˈdilo/ [kɾo.koˈð̞i.lo]

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• Rhymes: -ilo
• Syllabification: cro‧co‧di‧lo

crocodilo m (plural crocodilos)

1. Rare form of cocodrilo.

• “crocodilo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28