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[
"canto",
"canto#Spanish"
],
[
"-udo",
"-udo#Spanish"
],
[
"-d-",
"-d-#Spanish"
]
],
"etymology_text": "From canto (“edge, thickness, chunk”) + the suffix -udo (denoting abundance or prominence), with standard Andalusian dropping of the intervocalic -d- to yield -úo. Literally \"having prominent edges or thickness\".",
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"form": "cantúa",
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"feminine"
]
},
{
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"plural"
]
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"can‧tú‧o"
],
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"can‧tú‧o"
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}
],
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"english": "What a strapping lad he's become since he started hitting the gym.",
"text": "Vaya chaval más cantúo se ha vuelto desde que va al gimnasio.",
"translation": "What a strapping lad he's become since he started hitting the gym.",
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},
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"english": "Look at that girl, she is really well-built / striking.",
"text": "Mira a esa muchacha, está bien cantúa.",
"translation": "Look at that girl, she is really well-built / striking.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"Well-built, strapping, robust, hefty or physically attractive and thickset. (Usually referring to someone with a strong, muscular, or shapely physique)."
],
"id": "en-cantúo-es-adj-KydL5sHu",
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"strapping",
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],
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"robust",
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],
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"hefty",
"hefty"
],
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"attractive"
]
],
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"(Andalusia, colloquial) Well-built, strapping, robust, hefty or physically attractive and thickset. (Usually referring to someone with a strong, muscular, or shapely physique)."
],
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{
"word": "fuerte"
},
{
"word": "troncho"
},
{
"word": "petao"
},
{
"word": "buenorro"
}
],
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"english": "Give me a really thick chunk of cheese, please.",
"text": "Ponme un trozo bien cantúo de queso, por favor.",
"translation": "Give me a really thick chunk of cheese, please.",
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},
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20,
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"english": "What a hefty / huge problem has dropped on us.",
"text": "Menudo problema más cantúo nos ha caído encima.",
"translation": "What a hefty / huge problem has dropped on us.",
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}
],
"glosses": [
"Substantial, hefty, large, thick."
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"(Andalusia, colloquial, of an object or abstraction) Substantial, hefty, large, thick."
],
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"word": "grueso"
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"word": "gordo"
},
{
"word": "hermoso"
}
],
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}
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"ipa": "/kanˈtuo/"
},
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"ipa": "[kãn̪ˈt̪u.o]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-uo"
}
],
"word": "cantúo"
}
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"english": "What a strapping lad he's become since he started hitting the gym.",
"text": "Vaya chaval más cantúo se ha vuelto desde que va al gimnasio.",
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},
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31,
37
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33,
43
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"english": "Look at that girl, she is really well-built / striking.",
"text": "Mira a esa muchacha, está bien cantúa.",
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"type": "example"
}
],
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"Well-built, strapping, robust, hefty or physically attractive and thickset. (Usually referring to someone with a strong, muscular, or shapely physique)."
],
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"strapping",
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],
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"attractive",
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"(Andalusia, colloquial) Well-built, strapping, robust, hefty or physically attractive and thickset. (Usually referring to someone with a strong, muscular, or shapely physique)."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "fuerte"
},
{
"word": "troncho"
},
{
"word": "petao"
},
{
"word": "buenorro"
}
],
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"Andalusia",
"colloquial"
]
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20,
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17,
22
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"english": "Give me a really thick chunk of cheese, please.",
"text": "Ponme un trozo bien cantúo de queso, por favor.",
"translation": "Give me a really thick chunk of cheese, please.",
"type": "example"
},
{
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[
20,
26
]
],
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7,
12
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],
"english": "What a hefty / huge problem has dropped on us.",
"text": "Menudo problema más cantúo nos ha caído encima.",
"translation": "What a hefty / huge problem has dropped on us.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Substantial, hefty, large, thick."
],
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"hefty",
"hefty"
],
[
"thick",
"thick"
]
],
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"(Andalusia, colloquial, of an object or abstraction) Substantial, hefty, large, thick."
],
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"of an object or abstraction"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "grueso"
},
{
"word": "gordo"
},
{
"word": "hermoso"
}
],
"tags": [
"Andalusia",
"colloquial"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kanˈtuo/"
},
{
"ipa": "[kãn̪ˈt̪u.o]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-uo"
}
],
"word": "cantúo"
}
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