acangrejado

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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.