cane

bastón, vara

Palo largo y delgado, usado a menudo para caminar o, antiguamente, para castigar.

En inglés sencillo: A long, thin stick, often used for walking or, in the past, for punishment.

• He walks with a cane.
• She used her cane to find the steps.
• The teacher kept a cane beside his desk.

Sinónimos: stick

Expresiones frecuentes: walking cane, bamboo cane, use a cane

caña

Planta alta, parecida a la hierba, con tallos largos y delgados.

En inglés sencillo: A tall grass-like plant with long, thin stems.

• Cane grows beside the river.
• They planted cane in the wet field.
• Tall canes hid the water from view.

Sinónimos: reed

Expresiones frecuentes: sugar cane, wild cane, grow cane

caña

Tallo largo, delgado y flexible de una planta, como el bambú.

En inglés sencillo: A long, thin, flexible stem of a plant such as bamboo.

• The cane bent in the wind.
• Tie the young plant to a bamboo cane.
• She cut several canes from the bamboo plant.

Sinónimos: stem

Expresiones frecuentes: bamboo cane, cut a cane, long cane

azotar

Golpear a alguien con un palo largo y delgado, normalmente como castigo.

En inglés sencillo: To hit someone with a long, thin stick, usually as punishment.

• The teacher used to cane pupils.
• He was caned for breaking the school rules.
• The guards caned the prisoner across his back.

Sinónimos: beat

Expresiones frecuentes: cane someone, cane a pupil, cane a prisoner

encañar

Fabricar o reparar muebles entrelazando tiras finas de material vegetal.

En inglés sencillo: To make or repair furniture using thin strips of plant material woven together.

• She learned to cane chairs.
• The craft worker caned the damaged seat.
• We need someone to cane this old chair.

Expresiones frecuentes: cane a chair, cane a seat