Canancol

[tetsuo]

What does "el canancol" mean?

There's no context, it is a headline of a story for children.

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

"Canancol" is a Maya word. There is a legend referring to this scarecrow-like doll as some sort of guardian that the peasants put in the middle of their fields to protect their property against all kinds of thieves.

[tetsuo]

¡Gracias! ¡Ahí va! He pensado es podría significar 'espantapájaros' pero no he pensado podría estar en lo cierto.

Is this sentence right, if I want to say: "Thanks! Oh dear, I thought it could be mean "scarecrow", but I never thought I could be right.

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

Se parece, pero no es exactamente un espantapájaros. Es un guardián que evita que animales y personas se roben la cosecha.

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by tetsuo

"Thanks! Oh dear, I thought it could be mean "scarecrow", but I never thought I could be right.

More natural sounding:
Thanks! Duh, I thought it might mean 'scarecrow', but never thought I might be right.

[tetsuo]

Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar

Se parece, pero no es exactamente un espantapájaros. Es un guardián que evita que animales y personas se roben la cosecha.

Además de eso, ¿es verdad? Era mi conjetura antes de saber que era un guardián.

Originally Posted by Rusty

More natural sounding:
Thanks! Duh, I thought it might mean 'scarecrow', but never thought I might be right.

Vale. Mi pregunta se refería a la sentencia española.