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Principal Translations |
canon nm | (modelo de perfección) | standards, norms, ideals npl |
| (formal) | canon n |
| El David de Miguel Ángel responde al canon de belleza establecido de la época. |
| Michelangelo's David conforms to the beauty standards of its time. |
| Michelangelo's David conforms to the beauty canon of its time. |
Additional Translations |
canon nm | (tasa por disfrute) | tax, levy n |
| | fee n |
| El Gobierno ha establecido un canon para móviles y reproductores de MP3. |
| The government placed a tax (or: levy) on mobile phones and MP3 players. |
canon nm | (libros religiosos) (religion) | canon n |
| El canon bíblico es el conjunto de libros sobre la historia de los judíos divinamente inspirados y que forman la Biblia. |
| The Biblical canon is the set of divinely inspired books on Jewish history that make up the Bible. |
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cañón nm | (artillería de gran calibre) | cannon n |
| El castillo conservaba los cañones que en su día lo habían protegido. |
| The castle still has the cannons that protected it back in the day. |
cañón nm | (tubo por donde sale el proyectil) | barrel n |
| La bala salió desviada porque el cañón estaba torcido. |
| The bullet went off mark because the barrel was twisted. |
cañón nm | (paso estrecho entre montañas) | canyon n |
| Hicieron una excursión por el cañón que el río había horadado entre las montañas. |
| They went on a trek through the canyon that the river had carved between the mountains. |
cañón nm | (objeto tubular) | pipe n |
| | tube n |
| Era impresionante ver los cañones del órgano que presidía el coro de la Catedral. |
| The pipes of the organ that occupied the center of the Cathedral's choir were impressive to behold. |
| The tubes of the organ that occupied the center of the Cathedral's choir were impressive to behold. |
cañón nm | (ave: parte de la pluma) | shaft n |
| | calamus n |
cañón nm | (raíz de la barba) | shaft n |
Additional Translations |
cañón nm | (foco de luz para escenario) | spotlight n |
| Varios cañones iluminaban la escena. |
| Several spotlights lit the stage. |
cañón adv | ES: coloquial (muy bien) | well adv |
| (colloquial) | good adv |
| (UK) | brilliantly adv |
cañón adj mf | ES: coloquial (excelente, muy bueno) | cool adj |
| (UK) | brilliant adj |
| (US) | sweet, sick, tight adj |
cañón adj mf | MX: coloquial, eufemismo (complicado, difícil) | tough, rough adj |
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