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crab Meaning in Portuguese (crab significado em português)

nouncaranguejo
verbresmungar
Sinônimos:sirilagosta
caranguejo in English:crab
Phonetic:karan-gue-jo
Plural: crabs
Gender:Masculino
Quick Answer • Resumo

O significado de crab em português é caranguejo, resmungar. (Um crustáceo marinho com uma carapaça larga e achatada, cinco pares de patas e duas grandes pinças, conhecido por andar de lado.)

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Crab visual illustration - Meaning in Portuguese (caranguejo)
Visual representation of "crab"

Definitions of Crab

  1. 1
    noun
    caranguejo

    A marine crustacean with a broad, flattened carapace, five pairs of legs, and two large claws, known for walking sideways.

    Um crustáceo marinho com uma carapaça larga e achatada, cinco pares de patas e duas grandes pinças, conhecido por andar de lado.

  2. 2
    verb
    resmungar

    To complain about something in a bad-tempered way, often about trivial matters.

    Reclamar de algo de mau humor, muitas vezes sobre assuntos triviais.

Example Sentences

“The crab scuttled sideways across the sand.”

O caranguejo andou de lado pela areia.

“He tends to crab about the smallest inconveniences.”

Ele tende a resmungar sobre os menores inconvenientes.

Synonyms (Sinônimos)

In Portuguese:

sirilagosta

Antonyms (Antônimos)

In Portuguese:

elogiaraprovar

Inflected Word Forms

past participlecrabbed
present participlecrabbing
agent nouncrabber
adjectivecrabby

Phrases & Idiomatic Expressions

crab mentalityidiom

A way of thinking where if one cannot have something, then no one else can either.

crab applecollocation

A small, sour apple.