Skip to main content

cañero

Spanish, noun/kaˈɲeɾo/

cañero is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “sugar plantation owner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Salvado grueso”.

What does cañero mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    sugar cane

  2. 2

    hardcore

noun

  1. 1

    Latin-Americafemininemasculinesugar plantation owner

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Salvado grueso. 2. Colmillo. 3. Germanía (idioma hablado en la cárcel).

adjective: 1. Que pertenece o concierne a la cárcel.^([cita requerida])

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of cañero

  • cañera feminine
  • cañeros masculine plural
  • cañeras feminine plural
  • caneros plural
  • canera feminine
  • caneras feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce cañero?

  • /kaˈɲeɾo/
  • [kaˈɲe.ɾo]
  • [kaˈneɾo]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to cañero

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is cañero in Spanish?

cañero appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).