canillera

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From canilla +‎ -era.

Noun

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canillera f (plural canilleras)

  1. shinpad
  2. (Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic) tremble, shiver of the legs, especially due to fear

Further reading

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  • canillera” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010