centola

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Galician

Centola
Centola as served at a local restaurant

Alternative forms

Etymology

Probably from Celtic *kentu̯ollos, from Proto-Celtic *kentu- (first) + *ɸolno- (great, vast), so meaning "the main, large one" ~ "king crab", vel sim.[1][2] Cognate with Portuguese santola and Spanish centolla.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θenˈtola̝/, (western) /senˈtola̝/

Noun

centola m (plural centolas)

  1. European spider crab (Maja squinado)
    Synonyms: bruño, pateiro (younger crabs)
  2. spider crab

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “centollo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 136, 201