calaña

Spanish

Etymology

From obsolete calaño (“of the same quality”), ultimately from Latin quālis, possibly by way of hypothetical Vulgar Latin *quālāneus or by the influence of Spanish tamaño (“size”).

Noun

calaña f (plural calañas)

1. kind, sort, type, ilk
2. pattern
3. character, nature, quality
4. example, model

Further reading

• “calaña”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014