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The Spanish word

el canguro

means
kangaroo, babysitter (slang)
Examples:
No soy un canguro.
I'm not a kangaroo.
El canguro salta muy alto.
The kangaroo jumps very high.
¿Alguna vez ha visto un canguro?
Have you ever seen a kangaroo?
¿Has visto un canguro alguna vez?
Have you ever seen a kangaroo?
Nunca he comido carne de canguro.
I've never eaten kangaroo meat.
El gurú de la secta era un canguro.
The cult guru was a kangaroo.
He dejado los niños en casa con la canguro.
I left the children at home with the babysitter.
He tenido suerte de encontrar una buena canguro.
I was lucky that I was able to find a good babysitter.
La típica forma de las huchas es de cerdito, pero la mía tenía forma de canguro, todavía no sé bien por qué.
Piggy banks are usually shaped like pigs, but mine's shaped like a kangaroo. I still don't know why.
Examples sourced from tatoeba.org