WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
| Principal Translations |
| caning n | uncountable (making chair seats with cane) | armado de sillas de caña nm + loc adj |
| caning n | uncountable (woven cane for chair seats) | caña nf |
| caning n | (beating with a cane) | castigo con vara nm + loc adj |
| caning n | UK, figurative, informal (severe punishment) (figurado) | paliza nf |
| caning n | UK, figurative, informal (major defeat) (figurado) | paliza nf |
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
| Principal Translations |
| cane n | (walking stick) | bastón nm |
| | Grandpa uses a cane when he walks long distances. |
| | Abuelo usa bastón para caminar largas distancias. |
| cane n | (rod used as punishment) | palmeta nf |
| | | vara nf |
| | In the old days, teachers used to keep a cane in the classroom for discipline. |
| | Antaño los profesores tenían una palmeta en el aula para impartir disciplina. |
| the cane n | (punishment: beating with stick) | castigo con palmeta nm + loc adj |
| | | castigo con vara nm + loc adj |
| | The cane used to be a standard punishment for misbehaving in school. |
| | El castigo con palmeta era normal si te portabas mal en la escuela. |
| cane n | (raspberry stem) | tallo leñoso loc nom m |
| | | mimbre nm |
| | Raspberries grow on canes. |
| | Las frambuesas crecen en tallos leñosos. |
| cane n | (woody stems: for wickerwork) | mimbre nm |
| | I bought a chair made of cane at the yard sale. |
| | Compré una silla de mimbre en el rastrillo. |
| cane [sb]⇒ vtr | (beat as punishment) | castigar con la palmeta vtr + loc adv |
| | | castigar con la vara vtr + loc adv |
| | William was caned as punishment for skipping class. |
| | A William lo castigaron con la palmeta por saltarse la clase. |
| Additional Translations |
| cane n | US, abbreviation (sugar cane) | caña nf |
| | | caña de azúcar nf + loc adj |
| | This sugar is made from organic cane. |
| | Este azúcar está hecho de caña ecológica. |
| cane n | (rod or cylinder) | vara nf |
| | She held the cane of red sealing wax over the candle flame. |
| cane [sth]⇒ vtr | UK, slang (consume a lot of) (alcohol, coloquial) | empinar⇒ vtr |
| | (comida, coloquial) | tragar⇒ vtr |
| | | hartar⇒ vtr |
| | | zampar⇒ vtr |
| | It's not healthy to cane whisky like that every night. |
| | No es saludable empinar whisky de esa manera todas las noches. |
| cane [sth] vtr | (repair or make [sth] with cane) | reparar con mimbre vtr + loc adv |
| | | hacer con mimbre vtr + loc adv |
| | Mr. Francis caned an antique chair to restore it. |
| | El señor Francis reparó con mimbre una silla antigua para restaurarla. |
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
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