jayán

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /xaˈʝan/ [xaˈʝãn]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /xaˈʝan/ [xaˈʝãn]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /xaˈʃan/ [xaˈʃãn]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /xaˈʒan/ [xaˈʒãn]

• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: ja‧yán

Adjective

jayán (feminine jayana, masculine plural jayanes, feminine plural jayanas)

1. huge; beastly; giant
2. (El Salvador, Nicaragua, colloquial) lewd, sexual (said of a joke or a person who tells such jokes)

   A ese le gusta contar chistes jayanes.

   That guy likes telling lewd jokes.

Noun

jayán m (plural jayanes, feminine jayana, feminine plural jayanas)

1. huge person; beast; stocky person
   • 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:

     A hora conveniente, dos jayanes pusieron sobre la mesa del comedor un mediano monte de pan

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• jayanada
• jayanear
• jayanería

 

Further reading

• “jayán”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28