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Where does “barracuda” come from?

barracuda (Portuguese) comes from Spanish barracuda, from Catalan barracó — snaggletooth.

barracuda (Portuguese): barracuda

Definitions

  1. barracuda

Ancestry of “barracuda”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishbarracudabarracuda
2Catalanbarracósnaggletooth
Every word from Catalan barracó →