crab
BrE /kræb/ AmE /kræb/
noun en → es
a sea animal with five pairs of legs, two large claws and a hard shell that it can pull in over its body
cangrejo
Collocations crab meat · spider crab
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The fisherman caught a large crab.
El pescador atrapó un gran cangrejo.
to move sideways with short quick steps, like a crab
moverse como un cangrejo
Collocations crab across the room
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He crabs across the floor.
Él se mueve como un cangrejo por el suelo.
a sport in which two people try to pull each other over a line by holding onto a rope between them, while standing on one leg
lucha de cangrejos
Collocations crab wrestling competition
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The crab wrestling championship is held every year.
El campeonato de lucha de cangrejos se celebra cada año.
the meat of a crab, used as food
carne de cangrejo
Collocations crab salad · crab soup
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She made a delicious crab sandwich.
Ella hizo un delicioso sándwich de cangrejo.
to criticize someone or something in an unfair way, especially by finding small faults and ignoring the main points
criticizar injustamente
Collocations crab a report
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Don't crab the proposal just because it's different.
No critiques injustamente la propuesta solo porque sea diferente.
to criticize someone or something in an unfair way, especially by finding small faults and ignoring the main points
criticizar injustamente
Collocations crab a report
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The editor crabs every article.
El editor critica injustamente cada artículo.
to criticize someone or something in an unfair way, especially by finding small faults and ignoring the main points
criticizar injustamente
Collocations crab a report
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He crabs every suggestion.
Él critica injustamente cada sugerencia.
to criticize someone or something in an unfair way, especially by finding small faults and ignoring the main points
criticizar injustamente
Collocations crab a report
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She crabs every idea.
Ella critica injustamente cada idea.
Idioms
criticizar algo injustamente
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Don't crab the proposal just because it's different.
No critiques injustamente la propuesta solo porque sea diferente.
criticizar a alguien injustamente
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He crabs every suggestion.
Él critica injustamente cada sugerencia.
criticar algo en detalle
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She crabs every idea.
Ella critica injustamente cada idea.