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caneta

(Anglès)

  1. (feminine) pen (writing tool)
  2. (Portugal, colloquial, feminine) leg (lower limb)
  3. (Brazil, feminine) nutmeg (action of playing the ball between the legs of an opponent)

Freqüència

B2
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/kaˈne.tɐ/
Etimologia (Anglès)

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").

Related words

estilogràfica

ploma estilogràfica

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