snail

caracol

Animal pequeño de cuerpo blando, con una concha sobre el lomo, que se mueve despacio.

En inglés sencillo: A small, slow-moving animal with a soft body and a shell on its back.

• A snail is on the leaf.
• We found snails in the garden after the rain.
• The snail pulled its head inside its shell.

Expresiones frecuentes: garden snail, snail shell, snail trail, sea snail

avanzar lentamente

Moverse o desplazarse con muchísima lentitud.

En inglés sencillo: To move or travel extremely slowly.

• The bus snailed along.
• Cars were snailing through the narrow streets.
• We snailed up the hill behind a heavy truck.

Sinónimos: crawl, creep

Antónimos: speed, race

Expresiones frecuentes: snail along, snail forward, snail through something