caneca

caneca

Portuguese

caneca

Etymology

Germanic; cognate with can, or from cano +‎ -eca, from Latin canna.[1][2]

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈnɛ.kɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈnɛ.kɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈnɛ.ka/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈnɛ.kɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɛkɐ
• Hyphenation: ca‧ne‧ca

Noun

caneca f (plural canecas)

1. cup, mug

References

1. “caneca” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
2. “caneca” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Portuguese caneca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈneka/ [kaˈne.ka]
• Rhymes: -eka
• Syllabification: ca‧ne‧ca

Noun

caneca f (plural canecas)

1. gin flask
2. any of a number of types of containers
3. (Colombia) trash (container into which things are discarded; trash can)
4. (Colombia) can (cylindrical vessel for liquids, usually of steel or aluminium)

Adjective

caneca f

1. feminine singular of caneco

Further reading

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