bacán
Irish edit
Etymology 1 edit
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Noun edit
bacán m (genitive singular bacáin, nominative plural bacáin)
- hinge hook
- crook
- peg
- glass (of poteen)
Derived terms edit
- bacán agus inse (“hook and hinge”)
- bacán amuigh m (“outrigger”)
- bacán binse m (“bench stop”)
- bacán brád m (“collar-bone”)
- bacán ceangail m (“belaying-pin”)
- bacán cromáin m (“crank-arm”)
- bacán hata m (“hat-peg”)
- bacán inse m (“hinge-pin”)
- bacán láimhe m (“upper arm”)
- bacán láir m (“centre pin”)
- bacán téide m (“tethering post”)
- bacánach (“crooked, hinged”, adjective)
Etymology 2 edit
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Noun edit
bacán m (genitive singular bacáin, nominative plural bacáin)
- (stalk of) water lily
- Alternative form of beacán (“mushroom”)
Derived terms edit
- bacán bán m (“white water-lily”)
Declension edit
Declension of bacán
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
bacán | bhacán | mbacán |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bacán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “bacán” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “bacán” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ligurian bacan (“boss, captain”), from Turkish bakan (“minister”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bacán m (plural bacanes)
- (colloquial, Argentina, Uruguay) pimp
- (colloquial, dated, Argentina, Uruguay) boss, owner
- (colloquial, dated, Argentina, Uruguay) concubine
- (colloquial, dated, Argentina, Uruguay) lover of a kept woman
Adjective edit
bacán (feminine bacana, masculine plural bacanes, feminine plural bacanas)
- (colloquial, Ecuador, Perú, Chile, Colombia, Cuba) cool, awesome
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:guay
- (colloquial, Argentina, Uruguay) posh
- (colloquial, Argentina, Uruguay) snobbish
- (colloquial, Argentina, Uruguay) luxurious, refined
Further reading edit
- “bacán”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014