"can" meaning in Spanish

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkan/, [ˈkãn] Forms: canes [plural]
Rhymes: -an Etymology: Inherited from Latin canis, canem (“dog”). Cognate with Catalan ca, Galician can, Portuguese cão. Etymology templates: {{dercat|es|ine-pro}}, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|es|la|canis|canis, canem|dog|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin canis, canem (“dog”), {{inh+|es|la|canis|canis, canem|t=dog}} Inherited from Latin canis, canem (“dog”), {{cog|ca|ca}} Catalan ca, {{cog|gl|can}} Galician can, {{cog|pt|cão}} Portuguese cão Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} can m (plural canes)
  1. (formal) dog, hound Tags: formal, masculine Synonyms: perro, chucho [colloquial] Hypernyms: cánido Hyponyms: cachorro Related terms: canijo, canino
    Sense id: en-can-es-noun-XQWEk7YJ Categories (other): Pages with 36 entries, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "canis",
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        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
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        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
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      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ca",
        "2": "ca"
      },
      "expansion": "Catalan ca",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gl",
        "2": "can"
      },
      "expansion": "Galician can",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "cão"
      },
      "expansion": "Portuguese cão",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Latin canis, canem (“dog”). Cognate with Catalan ca, Galician can, Portuguese cão.",
  "forms": [
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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    "can"
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          "word": "cánido"
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          "word": "cachorro"
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        {
          "word": "canijo"
        },
        {
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        }
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        },
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          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "chucho"
        }
      ],
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        "formal",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkan/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkãn]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-an"
    }
  ],
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        "ts": ""
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      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ca",
        "2": "ca"
      },
      "expansion": "Catalan ca",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gl",
        "2": "can"
      },
      "expansion": "Galician can",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "cão"
      },
      "expansion": "Portuguese cão",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "canes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "word": "cánido"
    }
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    "can"
  ],
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      "word": "cachorro"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "canijo"
    },
    {
      "word": "canino"
    }
  ],
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        "Rhymes:Spanish/an/1 syllable",
        "Spanish 1-syllable words",
        "Spanish countable nouns",
        "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Spanish formal terms",
        "Spanish lemmas",
        "Spanish masculine nouns",
        "Spanish nouns",
        "Spanish terms derived from Latin",
        "Spanish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Spanish terms inherited from Latin",
        "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Spanish terms with audio pronunciation"
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      ],
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          "hound"
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      ],
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        {
          "word": "perro"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "chucho"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈkan/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkãn]"
    },
    {
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    }
  ],
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}

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