caña
Meanings
Noun
1. cane (plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane)
2. reed (any of various types of tall stiff perennial grass-like plants growing together in groups near water)
3. slim, cylindrical type of glass, used to serve beer
4. glass of beer
5. hangover (illness caused by a previous bout of alcohol drinking) (Chile, informal)
6. shank (part of the leg between the knee and the ankle) (anatomy)
7. drinking straw (northeastern Spain)
Examples8
¡Dale caña al fuego!
Turn on the fire!
María mató la rata con caña.
Maria killed the rat with a cane.
Tom lanzó su caña y esperó a que piquen los peces.
Tom threw his line in and waited for the fish to bite.
caña de pescar
fishing rod
Una tapa de jamón, por favor, y una caña.
A small portion of ham, please, and a draught beer.
El hombre es una caña pensante.
Man is a thinking reed.