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/Sounds like "kah" (as in "car") + "NEE" (as in "knee") + "yah" (as in "yard")/
A very skinny person, especially one with stick-thin legs. In Venezuela and Colombia, "canilla" is a vivid, slightly teasing way to describe someone with a lean build. The image is of a leg that looks like a little rod. Usually said with affection rather than cruelty.
“That beanpole can't even carry his backpack, someone needs to feed him.”
“He used to be super skinny but now after the gym he's a different person.”
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/Sounds like "kah" (as in "car") + "NEE" (as in "knee") + "yah" (as in "yard")/
A very skinny person, especially one with stick-thin legs. In Venezuela and Colombia, "canilla" is a vivid, slightly teasing way to describe someone with a lean build. The image is of a leg that looks like a little rod. Usually said with affection rather than cruelty.
“That beanpole can't even carry his backpack, someone needs to feed him.”
“He used to be super skinny but now after the gym he's a different person.”
Ñoño
A shy, bookish, or socially awkward person who comes across as naive and unworldly. Think the kid who always had their nose in a textbook and never really hung out after school. In Chile and Argentina the word can sting a little or feel almost affectionate depending on who says it and how.