cañuela
Spanish, noun[kaˈɲwela]
cañuela is spelled C-A-Ñ-U-E-L-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 66 million words in written Spanish, the 282,928th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cañuela is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “fescue” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Festuca spp) Nombre de numerosas gramíneas, con hojas planas, convolutas o conduplicadas y espiguillas…”.
What does cañuela mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefescue
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Festuca spp) Nombre de numerosas gramíneas, con hojas planas, convolutas o conduplicadas y espiguillas dispuestas en panojas. 2. Trozo de madera o pedazo de caña en el que se enrolla el hilo o cordel del volantín. 3. Carrete metálico en donde va el hilo de la máquina de tejer.
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 cañuela
- cañuelas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cañuela?
- [kaˈɲwela]
- [kaɲuˈela]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cañuela in Spanish?
cañuela appears about once in every 66 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).