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gamba

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nouncolloquialfeminineslang
  1. shrimp
  2. butterface, prawn
  3. 100 pesos
  4. leg
  5. human foot

Forms

noun

singulargamba
pluralgambas

Used in the library

  • La paella de marisco existe, pero es de la costa, y una paella con pollo y gambas juntos es, para un valenciano, un crimen.Seafood paella exists, but it is from the coast, and a paella with chicken and prawns together is, for a Valencian, a crime.B1La paella — Paella
  • En la marisquería pedimos cangrejo y gambas.At the seafood restaurant we ordered crab and prawns.B2Otra vez, por favor (15) — Once more, please (15) (B2)
  • El director pidió un taco de camarón y le trajeron una gamba al ajillo.The director ordered a shrimp taco and they brought him a garlic prawn.B2Otra vez, por favor (8) — Once more, please (8) (B2)

Other ways to say it

  • camarónshrimp (crustacean); tip, gratuity
  • piefoot (a part of the body); English or American foot (a unit of length equal to 30.48 cm)
  • piernaleg (lower limb of a human)

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