cangrejear
Spanish, verb/kanɡɾexeˈaɾ/
cangrejear is a Spanish verb meaning “to fish for crabs” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Capturar, buscar o pescar cangrejos”.
What does cangrejear mean in English?
verb
- 1
Mexicoto fish for crabs
- 2
vulgarto touch a woman's vulva
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Capturar, buscar o pescar cangrejos. 2. Dicho de la planta de maíz: Echar cangrejo (raíces atípicas por encima de la tierra). 3. Tentar o tocar los genitales de otra persona, especialmente los de una mujer. 4. Echarse atrás o cambiar de opinión en algo, particularmente en una relación sentimental.
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 cangrejear
- cangrejeo first-person present singular
- cangrejeé first-person preterite singular
- cangrejeado participle past
- cangrejeando gerund
- cangrejeada feminine participle past
- cangrejeados masculine participle past
- cangrejeadas feminine participle past
- cangrejeas indicative informal present
- cangrejeás indicative informal present
- cangrejea indicative present singular
- cangrejeamos first-person indicative plural
- cangrejeáis indicative plural present
- cangrejean indicative plural present
- cangrejeaba first-person imperfect indicative
- cangrejeabas imperfect indicative second-person
- cangrejeábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- cangrejeabais imperfect indicative plural
- cangrejeaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cangrejear?
- /kanɡɾexeˈaɾ/
- [kãŋ.ɡɾe.xeˈaɾ]
- [kãŋgɾexeˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.