canilla

f.

1 shinbone (informal) (espinilla).

2 bobbin (bobina). (peninsular Spanish)

3 tap (British), faucet (United States). (River Plate)

4 shin, front part of the leg from the knee to the ankle in humans.

5 spigot.

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canilla

► nombre femenino

1 ANATOMÍA long bone (de ave) wing bone

2 (de barril) tap

3 (carrete) reel, bobbin

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SF

1) (=espinilla) (tb: canilla de la pierna) shinbone, shin; esp LAm (=pierna) shank, thin leg

2) (=cúbito) (tb: canilla del brazo) armbone, ulna

3) (Orn) wing bone

4) (Téc) bobbin, reel

5) esp LAm (=grifo) tap, faucet (EEUU); [de tonel] spigot, tap

irse como una canilla *, irse de canilla * — to have the trots **

6) [de tela] rib

7) Méx

a canilla — by hook or by crook

tener canilla — to be very strong

8) Caribe (=cobardía) cowardice

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femenino

1) (espinilla) shinbone

2) (RPl) (grifo) faucet (AmE), tap (BrE)

cerrar la canilla — to turn off the faucet o tap

3) (bobina) bobbin

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= bobbin.

Ex. Bobbins and the machinery they ran on were some of the greatest inventions of the Victorian Era.

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femenino

1) (espinilla) shinbone

2) (RPl) (grifo) faucet (AmE), tap (BrE)

cerrar la canilla — to turn off the faucet o tap

3) (bobina) bobbin

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= bobbin.

Ex: Bobbins and the machinery they ran on were some of the greatest inventions of the Victorian Era.

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canilla

feminine

A (AmL) (espinilla) shinbone

verle las canillas a algn (Chi fam); to try to put one over on sb (colloq)

B (RPl) (del agua) faucet (AmE), tap (BrE)

cerrar la canilla to turn off the faucet o tap

agua de la canilla tap water

canilla libre free bar

C (bobina) bobbin

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canilla sustantivo femenino

a) (RPl) (grifo) faucet (AmE), tap (BrE);

◊ cerrar la canilla to turn off the faucet o tap

b) (bobina) bobbin

'canilla' also found in these entries:
English:
faucet
- shin
- tap

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canilla nf

1. Fam [espinilla] shinbone

2. Esp [bobina] bobbin

3. RP [grifo] Br tap, US faucet

4. Méx Fig [fuerza] strength;

a canilla by force

5. Perú [juego] = type of dice game

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canilla

f L.Am.

faucet, Br

tap

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canilla nf

1) : shin, shinbone

2) Arg, Uru : faucet