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gañán

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(Inglés)

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

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ga‧ñán

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ɡaˈɲan/

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.”).