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Translating from English to Esperanto

NOUN (6)

1. airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.;
[syn: can, tin, tin can]

2. the quantity contained in a can;
[syn: can, canful]

3. a buoy with a round bottom and conical top;
[syn: can, can buoy]

4. the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on;
- Example: "he deserves a good kick in the butt"
- Example: "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"
[syn: buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass]

5. a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination;
[syn: toilet, can, commode, crapper, pot, potty, stool, throne]

6. a room or building equipped with one or more toilets;
[syn: toilet, lavatory, lav, can, john, privy, bathroom]

VERB (2)

1. preserve in a can or tin;
- Example: "tinned foods are not very tasty"
[syn: can, tin, put up]

2. terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position;
- Example: "The boss fired his secretary today"
- Example: "The company terminated 25% of its workers"
[syn: displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate]