centola

Galician

Centola

Centola as served at a local restaurant

Alternative forms

centolo, santolo

Etymology

Probably from Celtic *kentu̯ollos, from Proto-Celtic *kentu- (“first”) + *ɸolno- (“great, vast”), so meaning "the main, large one" ~ "king crab", vel sim.[1][2] Cognate with Portuguese santola and Spanish centolla.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /θenˈtola̝/, (western) /senˈtola̝/

Noun

centola m (plural centolas)

European spider crab (Maja squinado)
Synonyms: bruño, pateiro (younger crabs)
spider crab

References

“centola” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“centola” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“centola” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “centollo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 136, 201

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[1] Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “centollo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

[2] Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 136, 201