galán
See also: galan
Asturian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡaˈlan/, [ɡaˈlãŋ]
Czech
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Spanish
FWOTD – 30 July 2014
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡaˈlan/ [ɡaˈlãn]
- Rhymes: -an
- Syllabification: ga‧lán
Adjective
galán (feminine galana, masculine plural galanes, feminine plural galanas)
- gallant
- (colloquial, Mexico, El Salvador) nice, enviable, without worries (said of a situation)
- 2012, Maus, Cosecha de Doscientos Soles, published by Palibrio (Mexico), p. 56.
- pero detrás del destello se asomaba un día galán, alegre, brillante...
- but behind the sparkle, a nice, happy, shiny day was appearing...
- 2012, Maus, Cosecha de Doscientos Soles, published by Palibrio (Mexico), p. 56.
Derived terms
Noun
galán m (plural galanes)
- an attractive young man, gallant
- beau
- (drama) protagonist, leading man
Derived terms
Adverb
galán
- (colloquial, Mexico, El Salvador) copiously, in a great and unmeasured quantity
- Después al pastel le echamos azúcar galán, sin pensar que ya tenía suficiente.
- Afterwards, we added sugar to the cake copiously, without thinking it already had enough.
- (colloquial, El Salvador) without worries, enjoying it (said of an enviable situation)
- Ese trabajo es fácil: él se la pasa galán todos los días.
- That job is very easy: every day he lets time pass by without worries, enjoying it.
- Tengo todo planeado para que tengamos una mañana galán.
- I've got everything planned out so we can have a nice worry-free morning.
Related terms
Further reading
- “galán”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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