"canguro" meaning in Spanish

See canguro in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kanˈɡuɾo/, [kãŋˈɡu.ɾo] Forms: canguros [plural], cangura [feminine], canguras [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -uɾo Etymology: Borrowed from English kanguroo, variant of kangaroo, from Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru. Etymology templates: {{bor+|es|en|kanguroo}} Borrowed from English kanguroo, {{der|es|kky|gangurru}} Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru Head templates: {{es-noun|m|f=+}} canguro m (plural canguros, feminine cangura, feminine plural canguras)
  1. kangaroo Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-canguro-es-noun-SjSEs78v
  2. hoodie Tags: masculine Synonyms: sudadera, capucho, buzo
    Sense id: en-canguro-es-noun-pbpcHISI
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: rata canguro

Noun

IPA: /kanˈɡuɾo/, [kãŋˈɡu.ɾo] Forms: canguros [plural]
Rhymes: -uɾo Etymology: Borrowed from English kanguroo, variant of kangaroo, from Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru. Etymology templates: {{bor+|es|en|kanguroo}} Borrowed from English kanguroo, {{der|es|kky|gangurru}} Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru Head templates: {{es-noun|mfbysense}} canguro m or f by sense (plural canguros)
  1. (colloquial, Spain) babysitter Tags: Spain, by-personal-gender, colloquial, feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-canguro-es-noun-GfcEd4PA Categories (other): Peninsular Spanish, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish masculine and feminine nouns by sense, Spanish nouns with irregular gender, Marsupials, Occupations Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 5 6 70 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 3 82 12 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 3 3 88 6 Disambiguation of Spanish masculine and feminine nouns by sense: 13 13 43 31 Disambiguation of Spanish nouns with irregular gender: 10 11 66 13 Disambiguation of Marsupials: 6 7 80 7 Disambiguation of Occupations: 3 3 90 4
  2. (colloquial) Aussie Tags: by-personal-gender, colloquial, feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-canguro-es-noun-mSSXAVbo

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Spanish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (ccec6f1 and 4deed51). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.