cañón

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canon
[ˈkænən]
sustantivo
1(religión)
2canon (m) (religious decree)
  • canons of good taste (sentido figurado) -> cánones del buen gusto
  • canon law -> derecho (m) canónico
3canónigo (m) (priest)

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canon [ka-non]
sustantivo
1Canon, regla, ley, estatuto (standard, criterion).
2Canon o cánones, leyes establecidas por los concilios, que tratan de la disciplina eclesiástica (church decree).
  • Canon law -> derecho canónico
3Canónigo, el que posee una prebenda o canongía en las catedrales o colegiata
sustantivo
4Canon, catálogo de los libros sagrados y auténticos aceptados por la Iglesia.
5Canon, un grado de la letra de imprenta, letra gruesa.
6Canónigo (clergyman).

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canon [ˈkænən]
noun
1 (Rel) etc (decree) canon; (m) (rule, norm) canon; (m) norma; (f)
2 (priest) canónigo; (m)
3 (Mús) canon; (m)
4 (Literat) [of single author] bibliografía autorizada; (f) catálogo autorizado de obras; (m) (more broadly) corpus; (m)
...the Yeatsian canon ...the Marxist canon The body of work which constitutes the canon of English literature as taught in schools and universities, is nearly all written by and for men
modifier
canon law (n) (Rel) derecho canónico; (m)

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cañón
masculine noun
1gun (arma); cannon (history)
2barrel (de fusil, pistola); flue (de chimenea); pipe (de órgano)
3canyon (geography)
  • el (Gran) cañón del Colorado -> the Grand Canyon
adjective
4(informal)
  • estar cañón -> to be gorgeous (peninsular Spanish)

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cañón [cah-nyone’]
noun
1Cylindrical tube or pipe. (m)
2In glass-houses, tube or pipe for blowing glass. (m)
3Quill. (m)
4Down, or soft feathers. (m)
5Hollow folds in clothes. (m)
6Part of the beard next to the root. (m)
7Cannon, gun. (m)
  • Escopeta de dos cañones -> doubled-barrelled gun
  • Cañon rayado -> rifled barrel
8Gallery. (Minerology) (n)
9Socket. (Mecahnic) (n)
10Gorge, ravine, canyon. (n)
11Quill pen (de pluma). (n)
12Trunk. (Andes & Botany) (n)
13Mountain path. (Andes & Mexico) (n)
verb
14CAÑADA.
  • A boca de cañón -> at the mouth of a cannon
  • Canón reforzado -> a re-enforced cannon
  • Cañón de agua -> water cannon
  • Cañón antiaéreo -> anti-aircraft gun
  • Cañón de campaña -> field gun
15One of the four spindles of the bar of a velvetloom.
adjective
16Fabulous, marvelous.
  • ¡La función estaba cañón -> the show was great
  • Una noticia cañón -> a stunning piece of news

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cañón
sustantivo:masculino
1 [de artillería] cannon
el castillo estaba defendido por 30 cañones the castle was defended by 30 cannons
cañón antiaéreo anti-aircraft gun
cañón antitanque anti-tank gun
cañón de agua water cannon
cañón de avancarga muzzle loader
cañón de campaña field gun
cañón de nieve (artificial) snow cannon
2 [de escopeta] barrel
ni a cañón cañoneso (Chile) (Perú) not at all
cañón arponero harpoon
cañón de ánima rayada cañón rayado rifled barrel; rifled bore
escopeta
3 [de pipa] stem; [de pluma] quill; calamus
4 (valle) canyon; gorge
el Gran Cañón del Colorado the Grand Canyon
5 (And) (puerto de montaña) pass; (vereda) mountain path
6 (Música) (organ) pipe
7 (Archit) [de ascensor] shaft
8 (Técnica) [de televisor] (electron) gun
cañón de luz spot(light)
cañón láser laser gun
9 (And) (Botánica) trunk
adjetivo:invariable
(anticuado) (estupendo) fabulous; (familiar) marvellous; marvelous; (EEUU) (familiar)
una mujer cañón one hell of a woman; (muy_familiar)
adverbio
(anticuado)
pasarlo cañón to have a whale of a time; (familiar)

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