centolla
Spanish
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /senˈtoʝa/ [sẽn̪ˈt̪o.ʝa] (most of Latin America)
- IPA(key): /senˈtoʎa/ [sẽn̪ˈt̪o.ʎa] (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -oʝa (most of Spain and Latin America)
- Rhymes: -oʎa (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -oʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
- Rhymes: -oʒa (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: cen‧to‧lla
Noun
centolla f (plural centollas)
- alternative form of centollo
- one of several species of king crab
- southern king crab
Further reading
- “centolla”, 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