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cañón

Spanish, noun

cañón is spelled C-A-Ñ-Ó-N (5 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written Spanish, the 7,116th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cañón is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “canyon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also an augmentative of caña (“large beer”). Without its tilde, canon is a different word: “canon (principle, literary works, prayer, religious law, music piece)”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Pieza larga y hueca, en forma de caña,”.

What does cañón mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinecanyon

  2. 2

    masculinecannon

  3. 3

    masculinebarrel (of a gun), pipe, tube

  4. 4

    masculineprojector (device)

  5. 5

    Spainmasculineaugmentative of caña (“large beer”)

adjective

  1. 1

    Mexicocolloquialpowerful, intense, difficult

noun

as canon
  1. 1

    masculinecanon (principle, literary works, prayer, religious law, music piece)

  2. 2

    masculinetax, fee

  3. 3

    masculineslangcanon (in fiction)

adjective

as canon
  1. 1

    slangcanon (in fiction)

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Regla o serie de reglas establecidas o aceptadas dentro de un arte concreto. 2. Regla o serie de reglas consuetudinarias establecidas o aceptadas dentro de una actividad. 3. Modelo considerado ideal por la adecuación de sus características, ya sea por motivos estéticos o técnicos. 4. Catálogo de obras, normalmente considerado como referencia.

noun: 1. Pieza larga y hueca, en forma de caña,. 2. En particular, cañón₁ de las armas de fuego, a través del cual se lanza el proyectil. 3. En particular, cañón₁ por el que liberan el humo resultante de la combustión las estufas o cocinas. 4. Por analogía, eje hueco y alargado de la pluma de las aves.

adjective: 1. Muy bueno. 2. Dicho de una persona, bella, de gran atractivo físico. 3. Muy difícil.

adverb: 1. Muy bien.

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 cañón

  • cánones plural
  • cañones plural

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

English words that translate to cañón

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

How common is cañón in Spanish?

cañón appears 10 times per million words in written Spanish.

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

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