cangrejo
Spanish, noun/kanˈɡɾexo/
cangrejo is spelled C-A-N-G-R-E-J-O (8 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 19,055th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cangrejo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “crab” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cualquier crustáceo con cinco pares de patas, las dos primeras convertidas en pinzas y hábitos caminadores…”.
What does cangrejo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecrab
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cualquier crustáceo con cinco pares de patas, las dos primeras convertidas en pinzas y hábitos caminadores antes que nadadores. 2. Verga que mediante cabos se mueve en sentido horizontal y vertical, y que va unida por una abertura semicircular al palo del buque.
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 cangrejo
- cangrejos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cangrejo?
- /kanˈɡɾexo/
- [kãŋˈɡɾe.xo]
- [kãŋˈgɾexo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cangrejo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cangrejo in Spanish?
cangrejo appears 2.6 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).