crab

S2 W2

BrE /kræb/ AmE /kræb/

noun en → es

1 ANIMAL [singular] A2

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

  • The fisherman caught a large crab.

    El pescador atrapó un gran cangrejo.

2 MOVE [intransitive] B1

to move sideways with short quick steps, like a crab

moverse como un cangrejo

Collocations crab across the room

  • He crabs across the floor.

    Él se mueve como un cangrejo por el suelo.

3 SPORT [singular] B2

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

  • The crab wrestling championship is held every year.

    El campeonato de lucha de cangrejos se celebra cada año.

4 FOOD [singular] B1

the meat of a crab, used as food

carne de cangrejo

Collocations crab salad · crab soup

  • She made a delicious crab sandwich.

    Ella hizo un delicioso sándwich de cangrejo.

5 IDIOM [transitive] B2

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

  • Don't crab the proposal just because it's different.

    No critiques injustamente la propuesta solo porque sea diferente.

6 IDIOM [transitive] B2

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

  • The editor crabs every article.

    El editor critica injustamente cada artículo.

7 IDIOM [transitive] B2

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

  • He crabs every suggestion.

    Él critica injustamente cada sugerencia.

8 IDIOM [transitive] B2

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

  • She crabs every idea.

    Ella critica injustamente cada idea.

Idioms

crab something B2

criticizar algo injustamente

  • Don't crab the proposal just because it's different.

    No critiques injustamente la propuesta solo porque sea diferente.

crab somebody B2

criticizar a alguien injustamente

  • He crabs every suggestion.

    Él critica injustamente cada sugerencia.

crab something out B2

criticar algo en detalle

  • She crabs every idea.

    Ella critica injustamente cada idea.