Community

Your word isn't here yet

Join Hablaaa and add the expression no one else has documented.

/Sounds like "kah" (as in "car") + "nyoh" (as in "onion") + "NAH" (as in "nacho") + "soh" (as in "solo")/

Meaning

A thunderous, powerful shot on goal in football, the kind the goalkeeper doesn't even see and that makes the net shake. When a player unleashes a cañonazo, the entire stadium jumps to its feet screaming.

Examples

He hammered a cañonazo from outside the box that was impossible to save.

That cañonazo nearly ripped the net.

Word family
Regional synonyms
Bandera de Costa Rica
Bandera de Guatemala
Bandera de Honduras
Bandera de Nicaragua
Bandera de El Salvador
Cachimba

Hungover, suffering through the after-effects of the previous night's drinking. In Colombia the "guayabo" collects everything you drank the night before, with full interest. Being enguayabado is a full-body reminder that last night was probably a bad idea.