gañán

Significat (Anglès)

1. (Spain, derogatory, masculine) Stupid and bad-mannered rural man from the Spanish countryside; yokel, hick
2. (masculine) farmhand

Sinònims

gamín

mal educado

oportunista

paleto

Traduccions

Diener

Handlanger

Knecht

farm-hand

Amb guionet com a

ga‧ñán

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ɡaˈɲan/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Unknown, with mainly two Germanic and Arabic etymologies considered. The traditional early proposition was a descent from Latin ganeō (“glutton, libertine”), but this has been mostly discarded. The DRAE considers the ultimate source to be Arabic غَنَّام (ḡannām, “shepherd”). Coromines favours a derivation from Middle French gaignant (“unskilled laborer, lout, ruffian, etc.”).