gana

Meaning

ganar

  1. (transitive) to gain
  2. (transitive) to earn
  3. to win
  4. (transitive) to defeat, to beat
  5. (transitive) to reach; to attain
  6. (reflexive) to earn (something) for oneself
  7. (Chile, reflexive) to position oneself, to situate oneself

Concepts

see dar la gana de

see de buena gana

see de mala gana

see me da la gana de

see tener ganas de

Frequency

B1
Hyphenated as
ga‧na
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɡana/
Etymology

In summary

Unknown, maybe related to Gothic *𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌽 (*ganan, “to covet”) and thus ganar.

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