cañón

See also: canon, cànon, ĉanon, cânon, and cañon

Spanish

Etymology

caño (“tube, pipe”) +‎ -ón (augmentative).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaˈɲon/, [kaˈɲõn]
Rhymes: -on

Noun

cañón m (plural cañones)

canyon
cannon
barrel (of a gun), pipe, tube

Derived terms

cañonear
al pie del cañón

Related terms

Descendants

English: canyon
Polish: kanion
Tagalog: kanyon

Adjective

cañón (invariable)

(colloquial) great; smashing; helluva

Further reading

“cañón” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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