caña
Asturian
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin canna (“reed”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkaɲa/
Noun
caña f (plural cañas)
- cane (plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane)
- reed (any of various types of tall stiff perennial grass-like plants growing together in groups near water)
- slim, cylindrical type of glass, used to serve beer
- glass of beer
- (Chile, informal) hangover (illness caused by a previous bout of alcohol drinking)
- (anatomy) shank (part of the leg between the knee and the ankle)
Derived terms
- cañada
- caña de azúcar
- caña del timón
- caña de pescar
- caño
Further reading
- “caña” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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