vela cangreja
Spanish, noun[ˈbela kãŋˈgɾexa]
vela cangreja is spelled V-E-L-A-C-A-N-G-R-E-J-A (12 letters). Vela cangreja is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “lugsail” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does vela 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
phrase: 1. Denominación general de toda vela de figura trapezoide, y por excelencia ó 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 vela cangreja
- velas cangrejas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vela cangreja?
- [ˈbela kãŋˈgɾexa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.