caniço

Portuguese

Etymology

From cana +‎ -iço. Cognate with Galician canizo, Spanish cañizo, Catalan canyís.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈni.su/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈni.su/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈni.so/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈni.su/

• Hyphenation: ca‧ni‧ço

Noun

caniço m (plural caniços)

1. reed, cane
2. fishing rod
3. (figurative) a very skinny person
4. (Mozambique) slum

Further reading

• “caniço”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024