caranguejo

See also: Caranguejo

Portuguese

Caranguejo

Alternative forms

• carangueijo (misspelling, hypercorrect)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-redup.

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *kr̥kros

Proto-Italic *karkros

Proto-Italic *kankros

Latin cancrum

Old Spanish cangro

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Proto-Italic *-kelos

Latin -(i)culum

Spanish -ejo

Spanish cangrejobor.

Portuguese carangoinflu.

Portuguese caranguejo

Borrowed from Spanish cangrejo, influenced by carango.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ɾɐ̃ˈɡe.ʒu/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.ɾɐ̃ˈɡɐ(j).ʒu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.ɾɐ̃ˈɡɐ(j).ʒu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.ɾɐ̃ˈɡe.ʒu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.ɾɐ̃ˈɡe.ʒu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.ɾɐ̃ˈɡe.ʒu/

• Rhymes: -eʒu, -ɐʒu, -ɐjʒu
• Homophone: Caranguejo
• Hyphenation: ca‧ran‧gue‧jo

Noun

caranguejo m (plural caranguejos)

1. crab

   Hyponym: siri

Derived terms

• caranguejada
• caranguejeira
• caranguejo-amarelo
• caranguejo-aranha
• caranguejo-dos-coqueiros
• caranguejo-eremita
• caranguejo-ferradura
• caranguejo-gigante-japonês
• caranguejo-verde
• caranguejola

Further reading

• “caranguejo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “caranguejo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026