centollo

Spanish

Etymology

From Gaulish *kintuollos, from Proto-Celtic *kĭntu- (“first”) (variant of *kentus) + *ollos (“large”) (related to *ɸolnos, from Proto-Indo-European *polh₁-, o-grade derivative of the root *pelh₁- (“to fill”)), since it was one of the largest and most powerful varieties of crab; related to the Gaulish name Cintullus.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /θenˈtoʝo/ [θẽn̪ˈt̪o.ʝo] (Spain)

• IPA^(key): /θenˈtoʝo/ [θẽn̪ˈt̪o.ʝo] (most of Spain)
• IPA^(key): /θenˈtoʎo/ [θẽn̪ˈt̪o.ʎo] (rural northern Spain)

 

• IPA^(key): /senˈtoʝo/ [sẽn̪ˈt̪o.ʝo] (Latin America)

• IPA^(key): /senˈtoʝo/ [sẽn̪ˈt̪o.ʝo] (most of Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /senˈtoʎo/ [sẽn̪ˈt̪o.ʎo] (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)

 

• IPA^(key): /senˈtoʃo/ [sẽn̪ˈt̪o.ʃo] (Latin America)

• IPA^(key): /senˈtoʃo/ [sẽn̪ˈt̪o.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /senˈtoʒo/ [sẽn̪ˈt̪o.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

• Rhymes: -oʝo

• Rhymes: -oʝo (most of Spain and Latin America)
• Rhymes: -oʎo (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -oʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -oʒo (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Syllabification: cen‧to‧llo

Noun

centollo m (plural centollos)

1. European spider crab

Further reading

• “centollo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024