"canal" meaning in Spanish

See canal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kaˈnal/, [kaˈnal] Forms: canales [plural]
Rhymes: -al Etymology: Inherited from Old Spanish canal, from Latin canālis (“channel; canal”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|es|osp|canal|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old Spanish canal, {{inh+|es|osp|canal}} Inherited from Old Spanish canal, {{inh|es|la|canālis||channel; canal}} Latin canālis (“channel; canal”) Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} canal m (plural canales)
  1. canal, flume, waterway (artificial) Tags: masculine Categories (place): Bodies of water
    Sense id: en-canal-es-noun--kVwd8Be Disambiguation of Bodies of water: 35 10 3 29 23
  2. channel (wide strait) Tags: masculine Categories (place): Bodies of water
    Sense id: en-canal-es-noun-MkzG5EX8 Disambiguation of Bodies of water: 35 10 3 29 23
  3. (communication) channel Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Communication
    Sense id: en-canal-es-noun-aeNlaM2L Topics: communication, communications
  4. (chemistry) channel Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Chemistry, Canals Categories (place): Bodies of water
    Sense id: en-canal-es-noun-aeNlaM2L1 Disambiguation of Canals: 21 17 7 47 8 Disambiguation of Bodies of water: 35 10 3 29 23 Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 11 10 4 56 20 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  5. cleavage Tags: masculine Categories (place): Bodies of water
    Sense id: en-canal-es-noun-SpjiDDKQ Disambiguation of Bodies of water: 35 10 3 29 23
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms (canal): canal de Panamá Hyponyms (channel): canal de Jamaica, canal de la Mancha, canal de Mozambique, canal del Norte (english: North Channel) Derived forms: acanalar, canal de parto, canal de televisión, canaleta, canalizar, canalón
Disambiguation of 'canal': 0 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'channel': 0 14 43 43 0

Inflected forms

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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "canal de televisión"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "canaleta"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "canalizar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "canalón"
    }
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 14 43 43 0",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 14 43 43 0",
      "english": "North Channel",
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    }
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      "ipa": "/kaˈnal/"
    },
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      "ipa": "[kaˈnal]"
    },
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    }
  ],
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}
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      "word": "acanalar"
    },
    {
      "word": "canal de parto"
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    {
      "word": "canal de televisión"
    },
    {
      "word": "canaleta"
    },
    {
      "word": "canalizar"
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    {
      "word": "canalón"
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      "sense": "canal",
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    },
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      "word": "canal de Jamaica"
    },
    {
      "sense": "channel",
      "word": "canal de la Mancha"
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    {
      "sense": "channel",
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    },
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      "english": "North Channel",
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  ],
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