crab leg

crab leg(
krahb
 
lehg
)
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
noun
a. la pata de cangrejo
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(F)
Vicki dipped the crab leg in butter before eating it.Vicki sumergió la pata de cangrejo en mantequilla antes de comerla.
b. la pata de jaiba
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(F)
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
(Latin America)
The waitress served us a platter of crab legs.La mesera nos sirvió una fuente de patas de jaiba.
c. la tenaza de cangrejo
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(F)
Would you like a baked potato with the order of crab legs?¿Te gustaría una papa al horno con la orden de tenazas de cangrejo?
d. la tenaza de jaiba
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(F)
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
(Latin America)
The crab legs were boiled for five minutes.Las tenazas de jaiba se hirvieron durante cinco minutos.
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