caneca

Galician

Etymology

Germanic; cognate with can, or from cano +‎ -eca, from Latin canna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈnɛka/

Noun

caneca f (plural canecas)

1. cup, mug

   Synonyms: xerra, brico

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “caneca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “caneca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

caneca

Etymology

Germanic; cognate with can, or from cano +‎ -eca, from Latin canna.

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

Descendants

• → Hunsrik: Kanecker
• → Kimbundu: neka

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed 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)

Derived terms

• caneca de basura

 

Adjective

caneca f

1. feminine singular of caneco

Further reading

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