Feminine
caneta
- (feminine) pen (writing tool)
- (Portugal, colloquial, feminine) leg (lower limb)
- (Brazil, feminine) nutmeg (action of playing the ball between the legs of an opponent)
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kaˈne.tɐ/
Etymology
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
stylo
penna
pluma pióro
Kugelschreiber
قلم
penhouder
bolígraf długopis
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