encanar.
to conduct (liquid) through a tube, canal or aqueduct; to pipe
Meaning & usage
to conduct (liquid) through a tube, canal or aqueduct; to pipe
to cut grooves in (a column) lengthwise
to orient in a given direction
to drink (too much wine)
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old Galician-Portuguese en- Portuguese en- Akkadian 𒂵𒉡𒌑𒌝 (qanûm)bor. Ancient Greek κᾰ́ννᾰ (kắnnă)bor. Latin canna Old Galician-Portuguese cana Portuguese cana Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Italic *-om Latin -um Old Galician-Portuguese -o Portuguese -o Portuguese cano Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old Galician-Portuguese -ar Portuguese -ar Portuguese encanar From en- + cano + -ar.
to splint (a broken bone)
to put in prison, to imprison, to incarcerate, to jail
to acquire characteristics of cane (of corn, etc.)
to worry, to preoccupy oneself
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old Galician-Portuguese en- Portuguese en- Akkadian 𒂵𒉡𒌑𒌝 (qanûm)bor. Ancient Greek κᾰ́ννᾰ (kắnnă)bor. Latin canna Old Galician-Portuguese cana Portuguese cana Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old Galician-Portuguese -ar Portuguese -ar Portuguese encanar From en- + cana + -ar. The colloquial sense "to imprison" comes from Brazilian slang cana (“prison, jail”).
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