canelo

See also: Canelo

Portuguese

Verb

canelo

1. first-person singular present indicative of canelar

Spanish

Etymology

From canela. Numerous Spanish fruits and spices use the masculine for the tree and the feminine for the fruit or product, a trait inherited from Latin or in some cases Greek, and applied to more recently borrowed words as a morphological trait. Compare: cerezo / cereza, ciruelo / ciruela, and by extension to later loans: naranjo / naranja, banano / banana, and frambueso / frambuesa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈnelo/ [kaˈne.lo]
• Rhymes: -elo
• Syllabification: ca‧ne‧lo

Noun

canelo m (plural canelos)

1. cinnamon (tree)
2. Winter's bark (Drimys winteri)

Derived terms

• canelo enano
• carpintero canelo
• hacer el canelo
• tijeral canelo

Related terms

• canela

Adjective

canelo (feminine canela, masculine plural canelos, feminine plural canelas)

1. having cinnamon color

   Synonym: acanelado

2. (Canary Islands) brown (chestnut colored)

   Synonym: castaño

Derived terms

• tarro canelo

Further reading

• “canelo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026
• “canelo”, in Diccionario Básico de Canarismos [Basic Dictionary of Canarianisms] (in Spanish), Canarian Academy of the Language [Spanish: Academia Canaria de La Lengua], 2010