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Spanish
Etymology
Literally, “to act the cinnamon tree”.
Verb
hacer el canelo (first-person singular present hago el canelo, first-person singular preterite hice el canelo, past participle hecho el canelo)
- (idiomatic, colloquial) to play the fool
- Synonyms: hacer el primo, hacer la gamba, hacer el indio
2023 September 19, Miguel González, quoting Santiago Abascal, “Vox presionará a Feijóo para eliminar las lenguas cooficiales del Senado tras su entrada en el Congreso”, in El País:“Me ha sorprendido que se llame canelo a sí mismo, ya que dijo que el uso de las lenguas regionales en el Congreso era hacer el canelo y que ellos no iban a hacerlo”, ha declarado.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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