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cantimpla
cancamurria s.f. (fam.) the blues.
cancamusa s.f. trick.
cancán o can can s.m. cancan.
cáncana s.f. ZOOL. short-legged spider.
cancanear v.i. to lounge about, to wander about,
to dance the can-can.
cáncano s.m. louse. (piojo)
cancel s.m. 1. storm door. 2. (Am.) partition.
cancela s.f. lattice gate.
cancelación s.f. cancellation.
cancelar v.t. to cancel.
cancelaria s.f. papal chancery.
cancelario s.m. university chancellor.
cáncer s.m. 1. MED. cancer. 2. ASTRON.
Cancer.
cancerado -da, adj. cancerous.
cancerar v. pron. to get cancer.
cancerbero o cerbero s.m. 1. strict watchman.
2. goalkeeper (fútbol).
cancerígeno -na, adj. MED. cancer-producing.
cancerólogo s.m. MED. cancerologist, cancer
specialist.
canceroso -sa, adj. cancerous.
cancha s.f. 1. DEP. ground. 2. widest part (río).
3. (Am.) knack. 4. (Am.) popcorn. interj.
5. clear the way! 6. dar ~ a uno, to give
someone an advantage.
canchero -ra, adj. (Am.) talented.
cancho s.m. 1. boulder, large rock. 2. (Am.)
gratuity.
cancilla s.f. wrought gate.
canciller s.m. chancellor.
cancilleresco -ca, adj. of the chancellery.
cancillería s.f. 1. chancellery. 2. (Am.) Ministry of
Foreign Affairs.
canción s.f. 1. song. 2. ~ de cuna, lullaby. 3.
(fig.) volver a la misma ~, to repeat the same
old story.
cancionero s.m. MÚS. song-book.
cancionista s.m. y f. songwriter.
canco s.m. (Am.) casserole, pot.
cancro s.m. 1. MED. cancer. 2. canker.
cancroide s.m. cancroid tumour.
candado s.m. padlock.
candar v.t. to lock up.
cande o candi adj. crystallized.
candeal o candial adj. white (pan).
candela s.f. 1. candle power. 2. FÍS. candle. 3.
candlestick. 4. (Am.) light.
candelabro s.m. candelabrum.
candelada s.f. bonfire.
candelaria s.f. 1. REL. Candlemas. 2. BOT.
great mullein.
candelejón adj. (Am.) naïve.
candelero s.m. 1. candlestick. 2. oil lamp. 3.
MAR. stanchion. 4. en el ~, in a position of
authority.
candelilla s.f. (Am.) glow-worm.
candencia s.f. incandescence.
candente adj. incandescent.
cándidamente adv. innocently.
candidato -ta, s.m. y f. candidate.
candidature s.f. 1. candidature, candidacy 2. list
of candidates.
candidez s.f. innocence.
cándido -da, adj. candid.
candiel s.m. egg sweet.
candil s.m. 1. oil lamp. 2. ZOOL. tine.
candileja s.f. 1. oil-lamp reservoir. 2. oil lamp. pl.
3. footlights (teatro).
candiota adj. 1. Candiot. s.c. 2. wine cask.
candiotero s.m. cooper.
candombe s.m. (Am.) negro dance, drum.
candongo -ga, s.m. y f. shirker.
candonguear v.i. to shirk work.
candongueo s.m. shirking.
candonguero -ra, adj. 1. crafty. 2. lazy.
candor s.m. 1. pure whiteness. 2. innocence.
candoroso -sa, adj. innocent.
candungo s.m. (Am.) idiot.
caneca s.f. earthenware drinking vessel.
canecillo s.m. corbel.
canéfora s.f. HIST. ARQ. canephoros
canela s.f. 1. cinnamon. 2. (fam.) peach.
canelado -da, adj. cinnamon-flavoured.
canelero s.m. cinnamon.
canelo s.m. 1 .cinamon-coloured. (fam.) hacer
el ~, to be a dupe.
canelón s.m. 1. icicle. (carámbano) 2. curled
fringe (pelo). 3. cannelloni (comida).
cañería s.f. piping.
cañero -ra, adj. 1. cane. s.m. y f. 2. plumber.
canesú s.m. decorative facing.
caney s.m. (Am.) 1. river bend. 2. hut.
cangalla adj. (Am.) coward.
cangilón s.m. bucket.
cangrejera s.f. nest of crabs.
cangrejero -ra, s.m. y f. crab seller.
cangrejo s.m. 1. ZOOL. crab. 2. MAR. gaff. 3. ~
de mar, crab. 4. ~ de río, crayfish.
cangrena s.f. gangrene.
canguelo s.m. (fam.) wind up.
canguro s.m. 1. ZOOL. kangaroo. 2. (fig.)
babysitter (persona).
cañí adj. Spanish Gypsy.
caníbal s.m. y f. cannibal.
canibalismo s.m. cannibalism.
canica s.f. marble.
caniche s.m. ZOOL. poodle.
canicie s.f. grey hair.
canícula s.f. 1. dog days. 2. ASTR. Sirius.
canicular adj. canicular.
caniculario s.m. dog keeper.
cánido -da, adj. ZOOL. canine.
canijo -ja, adj. sickly.
canil s.m. dog bread.
canilla s.f. 1. ANAT. long bone. 2. barrel tap. 3.
bobbin (tejer). 4. rib (tejido).
canillera s.f. 1. DEP. shin-pad. 2. (Am.)
cowardice.
canillero s.m. bunghole.
canillita s.m. y f. (Am.) newspaper vendor.
canilludo -da, adj. (Am.) long-legged.
caninez s.f. ravenous hunger.
canino -na, adj. 1. ZOOL. canine. s.m. 2. canine
tooth. s.f. dog excrement.
cañista s.m. y f. hurdle maker.
cañivano -na, adj. hollow.
cañiza adj. 1. long-grained. s.f. 2. canvas.
cañizal s.m. reedbed, (Am.) sugar cane
plantation.
cañizo s.m. AGR. hurdle.
canje s.m. exchange.
canjeable adj. exchangeable.
canjear v.t. to exchange.
cannáceo -a, adj. cannaceous.
cano adj. white haired, grey haired.
caño s.m. 1. tube. 2. spout. 3. sewer. 4. MAR.
navigation channel.
canoa s.f. 1. canoe. 2. (Am.) canal.
canódromo s.m. dog track.
canoero s.m. (Am.) canoeist.
canon s. 1. canon. 2. levy. 3. canon (parte de
la misa).
cañón s.m. 1. long tube. 2. barrel (arma de
fuego). 3. quill (pluma). 4. GEOL. canyon. 5.
MIL. cannon.
cañonazo s.m. cannon shot.
cañonear v.t. to shell.
cañoneo s.m. shelling.
cañonera s.f. MIL. embrasure.
cañonería s.f. 1. cannonry. 2. pipework (órgano).
cañonero s.m. gunboat.
canónico -ca, adj. REL. canonical: derecho
canónico, canonic law.
canóniga s.f. pre-lunch nap.
canónigo s.m. REL. canon.
canonista s.m. y f. expert in canon law.
canonizable adj. worthy of canonizing.
canonización s.i. canonization.
canonizar v.t. REL. to canonize.
canonjía s.f. 1. canonry. 2. (fig.)cushy job.
canoro -ra, adj. tuneful.
canoso -sa, adj. white-haired.
canoso adj. grey-haired, white-haired, hoary,
grizzled.
canquén s.m. ZOOL. wild goose.
cansado -da, adj. 1. tired; estar ~, to be tired. 2.
tiring (trabajo, viaje): ser ~, to be tiring.
cansador -ra, adj. (Am.) boring, tedious.
cansancio s.m. 1. tiredness. 2. boredom. 3.
MED. exhaustion. 4. estar muerto de ~, to
be worn out.
cansar v.t. 1. to tire, to make tired. v.i. 2. to be
tiring. v.r. 3. to get tired (fatigarse); se cansa
en seguida, he soon gets tired. 4. to get
bored (aburrirse).
cansera s.f. (Am.) waisted effort, bother,
nuisance.
cansino -na, adj. tiring.
cantable adj. singable.
Cantabria s.p.f. GEOG. Cantabria.
cantábrico adj. 1. Cantabrian. 2. GEOG. Bay
of Biscay.
cantada s.f. cantata, (Am.) squealing.
cantador -ra, s.m. y f. singer.
cantal s.m. boulder.
cantaleta s.f. refrain, (Am.) always the same
old song.
cantaletear v.t. 1. to harp on, to repeat over. 2.
to chant.
cantamañas s.m. conceited person.
cantante s.m. y f. singer.
cantaor s.m. Flamenco singer.
cantar v.t. 1. to sing. 2. to chant. s.m. 3. song.
4. ~ de plano, to tell all. 5. LIT. ~ de gesta,
epic poem. 6. eso es otro ~, that’s another
kettle of fish.
cántara s.f. 1. pitcher. 2. liquid measure.
cantarada s.f. pitcher contents.
cantarela s.f. 1. treble string. 2. chanterelle
(hongo).
cantarera s.f. pottery stand.
cantarería s.f. 1. pottery. 2. pottery shop.
cantarero -ra, s.m. y f. 1. pot dealer. 2. potter.
cantárida s.f. ZOOL. cantharis, Spanish fly.
cantarín -na, adj. song-loving.
cántaro s.m. 1. pitcher. 2. a cántaros, (fam.) in
bucketfuls.
cantata s.f. MÚS. cantata.
cantatriz s.f. female singer.
cantautor -ra, adj. singer-songwriter.
cantazo s.m. blow with a stone.
cante s.m. 1. singing. 2. ~ hondo/~ jondo/~
flamenco, gypsy singing.
cantear v.t. to border.
cantegriles s.m. pl. slums
cantera s.f. 1. quarry. 2. talent.
cantería s.f. ARQ. stonework.
cantero s.m. 1. ARQ. stonemason. 2. brittle end.
3. plot (terreno).
cántico s.m. MÚS.canticle.
cantidad s.f. 1. quantity. 2. amount (personas,
objetos). 3. sum, amount (dinero). adv. 4.
loads (fam.) (mucho).
cantiga o cántiga s.f. carol.
cantil s.m. ledge.
cantilena s.f. chant.
cantilever s.m. cantilever.
cantillo s.m. small pebble.
cantimpla adj. silly, foolish.