🇪🇸 Spanish

cangrejos

masculine

los cangrejos

crabs

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cangrejos
/los kaŋˈɡɾexos/
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How do you say cangrejos in Spanish?

IPA
/los kaŋˈɡɾexos/

How do you pronounce cangrejos in Spanish?

cangrejos is pronounced /los kaŋˈɡɾexos/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El cangrejo rojo fue capturado en la playa esta mañana.

The red crab was caught on the beach this morning.

Un cangrejo grande y agresivo atacó al buzo durante su exploración submarina.

A large and aggressive crab attacked the diver during his underwater exploration.

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Why is it masculine?

Cangrejos derives from Latin "cancrum," which is masculine, and Spanish inherited this grammatical gender along with the word itself. Like many Spanish masculine nouns ending in -o, it retained the masculine gender of its Latin ancestor.

What is the Spanish word for crabs?

The Spanish word for crabs is los cangrejos — masculine.

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