caña

=

reed

noun

caña
feminine noun
1. cane (planta); reed (de río, de estanque)
  • caña de azúcar -> sugarcane
2. small glass of beer (de cerveza) (peninsular Spanish)
also:
  • caña (de pescar) -> fishing rod
3. leg (de bota)
4. bone marrow (tuétano)
5. rum (alcohol) (Andes, Cuban Spanish, RP)
6. (expresiones) (informal)
  • darle o meterle caña a algo -> to get a move on with something
  • meter caña al coche -> to step on it
  • darle caña a alguien -> to give somebody a beating (pegarle)

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caña [cah’-nyah]
noun
1. Cane, reed. (f)
2. Stem, stalk. (f)
  • La caña del trigo -> stem of corn 3. Walking-stick
  • Caña común, cultivated reed. Caña dulc -> or de azúcar, or cañamiel, common sugar-cane
3. (f)
verb
4. CANILLA for a bone.
5. Subterraneous passage in the mines of Almadén.
6. Shaft of a column or pillar.
7. Marrow.
8. Tournament 9.
9. Lever drill, ratchet drill. (Nautical)
10. Glass-blower’s pipe.
11. (Carp.) Shank.
12. Reed of wind instruments.
  • Caña del timón -> (Naut.) tiller
  • Caña de pescar -> fishing-rod
  • Hubo toros y cañas -> (Met.) there was the devil to pay
  • Caña de cerveza, glass of beer. ¡Dos cañas -> two beers please
Arundo.(Naut.) Helm.

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Q: Caña = draft beer?
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Q: la ley de las compensaciones : uno levanta la voz y "le bajan la caña"
A: It sounds like when a nun raps you on the knuckles with a ruler for inappropriate behavior but it must refer to being "caned" like the Chinese whippings.…
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