caneco
Galician
Etymology
From cano + -eco.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kɑˈnɛkʊ]
Noun
caneco m (plural canecos)
- pitcher; bottle
- Cando vaias de parranda / non te esquezas do caneco / bótalle un litro de viño / non che vaia quedar seco (folk song)
- Whenever you go in a spree / don't forget about your pitcher / put a litre of wine in it / lest it be dry
- Synonym: caneca
- jug
- Synonym: canada
Related terms
- cana
- cano
References
- “caneco” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “caneco” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “caneco” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈnɛ.ku/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈnɛ.ko/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐˈnɛ.ku/
- Hyphenation: ca‧ne‧co
Noun
caneco m (plural canecos)
- a tall and thin mug
- (informal) asshole (anus)
- Synonym: butico
- (Portugal, sports, informal) cup
- Synonyms: taça, troféu
Interjection
caneco!
- (Portugal, slang) holy crapǃ
Descendants
- → Hunsrik: Kanecker
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈneko/ [kaˈne.ko]
- Rhymes: -eko
- Syllabification: ca‧ne‧co
Adjective
caneco (feminine caneca, masculine plural canecos, feminine plural canecas)
- (Bolivia) drunk
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:borracho
Further reading
- “caneco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014