grúa
See also: grua
Spanish
A tow truck (#1)
A crane (mechanical) (#2)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish grua, from Latin gruem (“crane”), from *gr̥h₂ú-, from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to cry hoarsely”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɾua/ [ˈɡɾu.a]
- Rhymes: -ua
- Syllabification: grú‧a
Derived terms
Further reading
- “grúa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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