cangrejear

Spanish

Etymology

From canecho (“crab”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanɡɾexeˈaɾ/ [kãŋ.ɡɾe.xeˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: can‧gre‧je‧ar

Verb

cangrejear (first-person singular present cangrejeo, first-person singular preterite cangrejeé, past participle cangrejeado)

1. (intransitive, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Ecuador) to fish for crabs

   Synonym: canechar

2. (intransitive, vulgar, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua) to touch a woman's vulva

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cangrejear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			cangrejear
gerund			cangrejeando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cangrejeado		cangrejeada
		plural		cangrejeados		cangrejeadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cangrejeo	cangrejeastú cangrejeásvos	cangrejea	cangrejeamos	cangrejeáis	cangrejean
	imperfect	cangrejeaba	cangrejeabas	cangrejeaba	cangrejeábamos	cangrejeabais	cangrejeaban
	preterite	cangrejeé	cangrejeaste	cangrejeó	cangrejeamos	cangrejeasteis	cangrejearon
	future	cangrejearé	cangrejearás	cangrejeará	cangrejearemos	cangrejearéis	cangrejearán
	conditional	cangrejearía	cangrejearías	cangrejearía	cangrejearíamos	cangrejearíais	cangrejearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cangrejee	cangrejeestú cangrejeésvos2	cangrejee	cangrejeemos	cangrejeéis	cangrejeen
	imperfect (ra)	cangrejeara	cangrejearas	cangrejeara	cangrejeáramos	cangrejearais	cangrejearan
	imperfect (se)	cangrejease	cangrejeases	cangrejease	cangrejeásemos	cangrejeaseis	cangrejeasen
	future1	cangrejeare	cangrejeares	cangrejeare	cangrejeáremos	cangrejeareis	cangrejearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		cangrejeatú cangrejeávos	cangrejee	cangrejeemos	cangrejead	cangrejeen
	negative		no cangrejees	no cangrejee	no cangrejeemos	no cangrejeéis	no cangrejeen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of cangrejear

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive cangrejear	dative	cangrejearme	cangrejearte	cangrejearle, cangrejearse	cangrejearnos	cangrejearos	cangrejearles, cangrejearse
	accusative	cangrejearme	cangrejearte	cangrejearlo, cangrejearla, cangrejearse	cangrejearnos	cangrejearos	cangrejearlos, cangrejearlas, cangrejearse
with gerund cangrejeando	dative	cangrejeándome	cangrejeándote	cangrejeándole, cangrejeándose	cangrejeándonos	cangrejeándoos	cangrejeándoles, cangrejeándose
	accusative	cangrejeándome	cangrejeándote	cangrejeándolo, cangrejeándola, cangrejeándose	cangrejeándonos	cangrejeándoos	cangrejeándolos, cangrejeándolas, cangrejeándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative cangrejea	dative	cangrejéame	cangrejéate	cangrejéale	cangrejéanos	not used	cangrejéales
	accusative	cangrejéame	cangrejéate	cangrejéalo, cangrejéala	cangrejéanos	not used	cangrejéalos, cangrejéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative cangrejeá	dative	cangrejeame	cangrejeate	cangrejeale	cangrejeanos	not used	cangrejeales
	accusative	cangrejeame	cangrejeate	cangrejealo, cangrejeala	cangrejeanos	not used	cangrejealos, cangrejealas
with formal second-person singular imperative cangrejee	dative	cangrejéeme	not used	cangrejéele, cangrejéese	cangrejéenos	not used	cangrejéeles
	accusative	cangrejéeme	not used	cangrejéelo, cangrejéela, cangrejéese	cangrejéenos	not used	cangrejéelos, cangrejéelas
with first-person plural imperative cangrejeemos	dative	not used	cangrejeémoste	cangrejeémosle	cangrejeémonos	cangrejeémoos	cangrejeémosles
	accusative	not used	cangrejeémoste	cangrejeémoslo, cangrejeémosla	cangrejeémonos	cangrejeémoos	cangrejeémoslos, cangrejeémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative cangrejead	dative	cangrejeadme	not used	cangrejeadle	cangrejeadnos	cangrejeaos	cangrejeadles
	accusative	cangrejeadme	not used	cangrejeadlo, cangrejeadla	cangrejeadnos	cangrejeaos	cangrejeadlos, cangrejeadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative cangrejeen	dative	cangrejéenme	not used	cangrejéenle	cangrejéennos	not used	cangrejéenles, cangrejéense
	accusative	cangrejéenme	not used	cangrejéenlo, cangrejéenla	cangrejéennos	not used	cangrejéenlos, cangrejéenlas, cangrejéense

Further reading

• “cangrejear”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010