cañón

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

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

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