# cangrejear
## Spanish
### Etymology

From canecho (“crab”) +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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)
* (intransitive, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Ecuador) to fish for crabs
    Synonym: canechar
* (intransitive, vulgar, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua) to touch a woman's vulva

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | cangrejear | cangrejear | cangrejear | cangrejear | cangrejear |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | cangrejeando | cangrejeando | cangrejeando | cangrejeando | cangrejeando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | cangrejeado | cangrejeado | cangrejeada | cangrejeada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | cangrejeados | cangrejeados | cangrejeadas | cangrejeadas |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | 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 |
| indicative | present | cangrejeo | cangrejeas$^{tú}$ cangrejeás$^{vos}$ | cangrejea | cangrejeamos | cangrejeáis | cangrejean |
| indicative | imperfect | cangrejeaba | cangrejeabas | cangrejeaba | cangrejeábamos | cangrejeabais | cangrejeaban |
| indicative | preterite | cangrejeé | cangrejeaste | cangrejeó | cangrejeamos | cangrejeasteis | cangrejearon |
| indicative | future | cangrejearé | cangrejearás | cangrejeará | cangrejearemos | cangrejearéis | cangrejearán |
| indicative | conditional | cangrejearía | cangrejearías | cangrejearía | cangrejearíamos | cangrejearíais | cangrejearían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | cangrejee | cangrejees$^{tú}$ cangrejeés$^{vos2}$ | cangrejee | cangrejeemos | cangrejeéis | cangrejeen |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | cangrejeara | cangrejearas | cangrejeara | cangrejeáramos | cangrejearais | cangrejearan |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | cangrejease | cangrejeases | cangrejease | cangrejeásemos | cangrejeaseis | cangrejeasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | cangrejeare | cangrejeares | cangrejeare | cangrejeáremos | cangrejeareis | cangrejearen |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | cangrejea$^{tú}$ cangrejeá$^{vos}$ | cangrejee | cangrejeemos | cangrejead | cangrejeen |
| imperative | negative | | no cangrejees | no cangrejee | no cangrejeemos | no cangrejeéis | no cangrejeen |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

### Further reading

* “cangrejear” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010.