canado

13th century. Derived, with the suffix -ado, from Latin canna (“cane”) or from Proto-Germanic *kannǭ (“can, tankard”).

• IPA^(key): /kaˈnaðo̝/

canado m (plural canados)

1. jug used for milking or watering
   • 1402, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Historica, I, 5, page 342:

     It. huun canado de trager a agoa

     Item, a jug for bringing water

2. a traditional measure of capacity, equivalent to 32 or 64 l
   • 1421, Margot Sponer (ed.), "Documentos antiguos de Galicia", in Anuari de l'Oficina Románica de Lingüística i Literatura, 7, page 60:

     douſ canadoσ de bjnõ mole aa bica do lagar por la medida de Monforte

     two canados of soft wine from the mouth of the wine press, as they are measured in Monforte

• cana
• canada

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “canado”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “canado”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “canado”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “canado”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “canado”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• canato

• Hyphenation: ca‧na‧do

canado m (plural canados)

1. khanate (the realm of a khan)