caranguejo

Meaning

crab

Hyphenated as

ca‧ran‧gue‧jo

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ka.ɾɐ̃ˈɡe.ʒu/

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *kankros
Latin cancer
Old Spanish cangro
Spanish -ejo
Spanish cangrejoblend.
Portuguese carangoblend.
Portuguese caranguejo
Borrowed from Spanish cangrejo (from Old Spanish cangro + -ejo) and blended with the native Portuguese carango, both ultimately from Latin cancer.