Masculine
🦐

camarón

Meaning

  1. (masculine) shrimp (crustacean)
  2. (Central-America, masculine) tip, gratuity
  3. (Central-America, masculine) casual, low-paid work
  4. (Cuba, informal, masculine) sunburned person
  5. (Dominican-Republic, masculine) skilful and clever person
  6. (Ecuador, masculine) inexperienced driver
  7. (Peru, masculine) parasite, person living at the expense of others
  8. (Mexico, masculine) prick, cock

Concepts

shrimp
🦐
prawn
shrimp plant

false hop

Mexican shrimp plant

Synonyms

gamba
37k
🦐
quisquilla
🦐
esquila
pene
B2

acamaya

langostino
siesta
C1
dinero
A1
💸

gámba

Translations

crevette
🦐
Garnele
🦐
gamberetto
🦐
garnaal
🦐

γαρίδα

karides
🦐
gamba
🦵
camarão
🦐

جمبري

scampi
روبيان
🦐

رُوبِيَان

chevrette
🧒
Krabbe
🦀
Frequency

20k
Hyphenated as
ca‧ma‧rón
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kamaˈɾon/
Etymology

Cognate with Portuguese
Portuguese
camarão
In summary

From cámaro, from Latin cammarus. Compare Portuguese camarão.

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