canilla
Meanings
Noun
1. faucet (Rioplatense, Bolivia, Mexico, Basque Country, Navarre, La Rioja, Paraguay)
2. shin (colloquial, Canary Islands, Mexico, South America, Cuba)
3. physical strength (Mexico)
4. baguette (bread) (Venezuela)
5. leg (Sinaloa)
6. ulna, radius (anatomy, less common)
Examples14
No uses esta canilla.
Don't use this faucet.
Tom abrió la canilla.
Tom turned on the tap.
Yo tomé de la canilla.
I drank from the tap.
He tomado de la canilla.
I drank from the tap.
Yo he tomado de la canilla.
I drank from the tap.
Tom dejó la canilla abierta toda la noche.
Tom left the water running all night.