caña

cane (plant with simple stems

3,001–5,000 #3,647

Meanings

noun, feminine

  1. cane (plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane)
  2. reed (any of various types of tall stiff perennial grass-like plants growing together in groups near water)
  3. slim, cylindrical type of glass, used to serve beer
  4. glass of beer
  5. Chile, informal hangover (illness caused by a previous bout of alcohol drinking)
  6. shank (part of the leg between the knee and the ankle)
  7. Northeastern, Spain drinking straw

In sentences

La caña de azúcar es dulce. Sugar cane is sweet. #12997379

María mató la rata con caña. Maria killed the rat with a cane. #4127090

En Cuba se cultiva mucha caña de azúcar. A lot of sugar cane is grown in Cuba. #2258089

Una tapa de jamón, por favor, y una caña. A small portion of ham, please, and a draught beer. #434149

Tom lanzó su caña y esperó a que piquen los peces. Tom threw his line in and waited for the fish to bite. #2162793

El hombre es una caña pensante. Man is a thinking reed. #1665489

Yanni reelaboró su caña de pescar. Yanni recast his rod. #12120652

La roya de la caña de azúcar arruinó la cosecha. The sugar cane blight ruined the harvest. #8958416