lacazán

Galician

Alternative forms

lacaçám, lacação (Reintegrationist)

Etymology

Perhaps from the metathesis of an unattested *casalán, from Arabic كَسْلَان (kaslān, “lazy”).[1] Compare Spanish holgazán. Alternatively a derogatory formation from lacón (“pig shoulder”), as its synonym lacoeiro.[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (standard) /lakaˈθaŋ/ [lɑ.kɑˈθɑŋ]
IPA^(key): (seseo) /lakaˈsaŋ/ [lɑ.kɑˈsɑŋ]

Rhymes: -aŋ
Hyphenation: la‧ca‧zán

Adjective

lacazán (feminine lacazana, masculine plural lacazáns, feminine plural lacazanas)

lazy

Noun

lacazán m (plural lacazáns, feminine lacazana, feminine plural lacazanas)

loafer, lazybones, idler
Synonyms: lampantín, nugallán
guzzler

Synonyms

baleigán, lacoeiro, lerchán, nugallán, preguiceiro

Derived terms

lacaceiro
lacazaneiría

References

“lacazan” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“lacazán” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“lacazán” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Corriente, Federico (2008) “lacazán”, in Dictionary of Arabic and Allied Loanwords. Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician and Kindred Dialects (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 97), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “lacón”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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