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noun, feminine

grúa

/ˈɡɾua/

noun, feminine/ˈɡɾua/plural: grúas

tow truck; crane (machine); obsolete form of grulla

Inherited from Old Spanish grua, from Latin gruem (“crane”), from *gr̥h₂ú-, from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to cry hoarsely”). Doublet of grulla