grúa

grúa f (plural grúas)

1. crane (bird)

• grou

Inherited from Old Spanish grua, from Latin gruem (“crane”), from *gr̥h₂ú-, from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to cry hoarsely”). Doublet of grulla

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾua/ [ˈɡɾu.a]
• Rhymes: -ua
• Syllabification: grú‧a

grúa f (plural grúas)

1. tow truck
2. crane (machine)
3. obsolete form of grulla

• “grúa”, 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