Noun: canizo
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | canizo |
| Plural m | canizos |
Sample Sentences
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Galán que estás no canizo
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bota castañas pra baixo
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que anque non teño mandil
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apárochas no refaixo. (Gallant up there in the loft
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throw some chestnuts down,
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even if I have no apron
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I'll catch them with my petticoat) [1894, Luís Otero Pimentel, Truada de rapaces:]
Nouns inflected like canizo
miligramo,
mililitro,
acontecemento,
urodelo,
ancoradoiro,
vimieiro,
serrón,
sesego,
sedeño,
iceberg,
sarrio,
sabuio,
sabugo,
sabujo,
sabuxo,
sabelo,
sangue,
saibro,
saltón,
salmón, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese caniço, from Vulgar Latin *cannicium, from canna (“reed, cane”). Cognate with Portuguese caniço, Spanish cañizo, Catalan canyís. See: Old Portuguese Nouns '
caniço', Portuguese Nouns '
caniço', Spanish Nouns '
cañizo', Catalan Nouns '
canyís'.
Verbs referencing "canizo"
Portuguese Nouns
caniço.
Translations