cangreja
Spanish, noun/kanˈɡɾexa/
cangreja is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “lugsail” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Denominación general de toda vela de figura trapezoide, y por excelencia o antonomasia de la que se enverga…”.
What does cangreja mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelugsail
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Denominación general de toda vela de figura trapezoide, y por excelencia o antonomasia de la que se enverga en el cangrejo de mesana en buque de tres palos, y en el del mayor en bergantines y goletas. En estos últimos se llama mayor cangreja, y en general mesana cangreja y maricangalla.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cangreja
- cangrejas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cangreja?
- /kanˈɡɾexa/
- [kãŋˈɡɾe.xa]
- [kãŋˈgɾexa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cangreja in Spanish?
cangreja appears about once in every 25 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).