acangrejado

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /akanɡɾeˈxado/ [a.kãŋ.ɡɾeˈxa.ð̞o]
  • Rhymes: -ado
  • Syllabification: a‧can‧gre‧ja‧do

Adjective

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acangrejado (feminine acangrejada, masculine plural acangrejados, feminine plural acangrejadas)

  1. crablike
    • 1955, Alfonso Reyes, “La mano del comandante Aranda”, in Quince presencias:
      Andaba con libertad de un lado a otro, monstruoso falderillo algo acangrejado.
      He walked freely to and fro, a beastly and rather crablike little lapdog.