caniço
Portuguese, noun/kaˈni.su/
caniço is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “reed, cane” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “armação de varas, com diversos usos, sequeiro de castanhas sobre o lar, gradeado para desfazer os terrões…”.
What does caniço mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinereed, cane
- 2
masculinefishing rod
- 3
masculinea very skinny person
- 4
masculineslum
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. armação de varas, com diversos usos, sequeiro de castanhas sobre o lar, gradeado para desfazer os terrões, para nivelar a terra, taipal, sebe 2. vara de pescar 3. favela
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of caniço
- caniços plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caniço?
- Brazil /kaˈni.su/
- Portugal /kɐˈni.su/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to caniço
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is caniço in Portuguese?
caniço appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).