Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

juego de cañas

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.24 in modern English

Syllables: jue-go de -canas
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Spanish and Latin American game in which participants on horseback attempt to hit one another with canes.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"After our breakfaſt, the Indian ſhewed us a little ſport in the Market place, running races on horſe-back, and playing at Iuego de Canna’s^([sic]), which is to meet on horſeback, with broad Targets to defend their heads and ſhoulders while paſſing by they hurley Canes,or darts one at another, which thoſe Indians acted with great dexterity."
"the juego de cañas was above all an aesthetic performance featuring elaborate meaneuvers on horseback and involving little actual violence"

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish juego de cañas (literally “game of canes”).

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: juego de cañas

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

juego de cannas (alternative, obsolete)

Questions

What does juego de cañas mean?: A Spanish and Latin American game in which participants on horseback attempt to hit one another with canes.
Where does juego de cañas come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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