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cano

Portuguese, noun/ˈkɐ̃.nu/

cano is spelled C-A-N-O (4 letters) and appears 7.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 9,015th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cano is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “tube, pipe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tubo para condução de líquidos ou fluidos”.

What does cano mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinetube, pipe

  2. 2

    masculinechannel

  3. 3

    masculinebarrel (metallic tube of a gun)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. tubo para condução de líquidos ou fluidos 2. tubo das espingardas 3. canal 4. parte de calçados ou meias acima do tornozelo

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 cano

  • canos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce cano?

  • Brazil /ˈkɐ̃.nu/
  • Portugal /ˈkɐ.nu/
  • Portugal /ˈka.nu/

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

English words that translate to cano

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

How common is cano in Portuguese?

cano appears 7.6 times per million words in written Portuguese.

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

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