noun, feminine
- can, tin, tin can, canister (vessel)
- tin, tin-plate (material)
- plate, sheet of metal
- colloquial annoyance, nuisance, drag (that which annoys)
- abbreviation, clipping, colloquial clipping of lástima (“pity”)
- Colombia, Ecuador an oven-safe metal container
- Colombia, Ecuador baking sheet
- Argentina Mimozyganthus
- Venezuela reed
- Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua weight / volume of coffee beans (approximately 5.66 kilograms or 12.5 pounds).
- Guatemala, Nicaragua third of a quintal of grain
- Bolivia 20 liters of chicha
- El Salvador ounce of marijuana (approximately 28.75 grams)
- Bolivia, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Venezuela An old or unreliable car.
- Costa Rica, colloquial bus
- Rioplatense weaner for a calf
- Peru A long and tiring trip.
- Venezuela a makeout
- Bolivia lie
- Paraguay, obsolete hide and seek
- Guatemala a trifle