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caneta

Bedeutung (Englisch)

  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)

Frequenz

B2
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/kaˈne.tɐ/
Etymologie (Englisch)

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").

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