1. Italy - Chiocciola

The word means "snail"

2. Hungary - Kukac

Hungarians compare arroba to a worm

3. Armenia - Ishnik

In Armenia, the symbol refers to a “puppy”

4. Germany - Klammeraffe

Through local slang, Germans refer to the at sign as a “spider monkey”

5. Netherlands - Apestaart

Like the Germans, the reference is a little monkey, more specifically the "monkey tail"

6. Denmark - Grisehale and Snabel

The most common is "snabel", which means "elephant's trunk", but sometimes the Danes call it "grisehale" or "pig's tail"

7. Greece - Papaki

Another puppy that names the arroba around the world is the "duckling"

8. Czech Republic and Slovakia - Zavinác

In those countries that were once one, the reference is food: the rollmops

9. Sweden - Kanelbulle

To increase hunger, have you ever considered remembering “cinnamon cake” whenever you were writing an email?

10. Vietnam - Công and Móc

In the north of the country, the at sign is called a "còng", or "a" bent "; to the south the symbol is titled “móc” which means “'a' addicted”

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