caneta
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Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From cana (“cane, reed”) + -eta. Sense 3 is a derivation from sense 2 (itself an analogy), originally as the expression "tocar a bola por entre as canetas" ("play the ball between the legs").
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: ca‧ne‧ta
Noun[edit]
caneta f (plural canetas)
- pen (writing tool)
- (Portugal, colloquial) leg (lower limb)
- Já não me aguento das canetas. ― My legs are tired.
- (Brazil, soccer/football) nutmeg (action of playing the ball between the legs of an opponent)
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Descendants[edit]
- → Hunsrik: Kanett