canícula

See also: canicula, Canicula, and caniculă

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin canicula.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈni.ku.lɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈni.ku.la/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈni.ku.lɐ/

Noun

canícula f (plural canículas)

dog days (the days between early July and early September when Sirius rises and sets with the Sun)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin canicula. Doublet of canijo (and the feminine canija).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaˈnikula/ [kaˈni.ku.la]
Rhymes: -ikula
Syllabification: ca‧ní‧cu‧la

Noun

canícula f (plural canículas)

dog days (the days between early July and early September when Sirius rises and sets with the Sun)

Further reading

“canícula”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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