cana

cana
feminine noun
1. gray hair
  • echar una cana al aire (informal) -> to let one's hair down
  • peinar canas (informal) -> to be getting on, to be old
2. nick (informal) (cárcel) (Andes, Cuban Spanish, RP Br), joint (United States)
3. (informal) (polícia)
  • la cana -> the cops (RP)

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cana [cah’-nah]
noun
1. Long measure, containing about two ells. (f)
2. Gray or white hair. (f)
  • Peinar canas -> to grow old
  • Tener canas -> to be old, to have white hair
  • Echar una cana al aire -> to paint the town red, to have a good time, to go on a spree
noun
1. Jail; prison cell. (Latin American) (m & f)
2. Police. (Ante Meridian & Latin American) (m)
  • Caer en cana -> to land in jail
noun
3. Policeman (persona). (m)
adjective
1. Hoary, hoar, frosty, gray-headed.
2. Deliberate, prudent, judicious. (Metaphorical)

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"cana" en el foro de Respuestas
P: Caña = draft beer?
R: **Caña** reed *noun* caña *feminine noun* 1- cane (planta); reed (de río, de estanque) * caña de azúcar -> sugarcane 2- **small glass of beer (de…
P: la ley de las compensaciones : uno levanta la voz y "le bajan la caña"
R: 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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