centolla

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /θenˈtoʝa/ [θẽn̪ˈt̪o.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)

• IPA^(key): /θenˈtoʝa/ [θẽn̪ˈt̪o.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain)
• IPA^(key): /θenˈtoʎa/ [θẽn̪ˈt̪o.ʎa] (rustic northern Spain)

 

• IPA^(key): /senˈtoʝa/ [sẽn̪ˈt̪o.ʝa] (Latin America)

• IPA^(key): /senˈtoʝa/ [sẽn̪ˈt̪o.ʝa] (most of Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /senˈtoʎa/ [sẽn̪ˈt̪o.ʎa] (northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /senˈtoʃa/ [sẽn̪ˈt̪o.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /senˈtoʒa/ [sẽn̪ˈt̪o.ʒa] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /senˈtoja/ [sẽn̪ˈt̪o.ja] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

 

• Rhymes: -oʝa

• Rhymes: -oʝa (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• Rhymes: -oʎa (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -oʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -oʒa (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• Rhymes: -oja (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Syllabification: cen‧to‧lla

Noun

centolla f (plural centollas)

1. alternative form of centollo
2. one of several species of king crab
3. southern king crab

Further reading

• “centolla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025