centolla

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

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

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /senˈtoʝa/ [sẽn̪ˈt̪o.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains) /senˈtoʎa/ [sẽn̪ˈt̪o.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /senˈtoʃa/ [sẽn̪ˈt̪o.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /senˈtoʒa/ [sẽn̪ˈt̪o.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -oʝa

• (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -oʝa
• (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -oʎa
• (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -oʃa
• (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -oʒa

• 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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014