aguant
Catalan
Etymology
From aguantar.
Pronunciation
Noun
aguant m (plural aguants)
- resistance, perseverance
- 2002, Josep M. Sugranyes, Itineraris viscuts per les comarques meridionals, page 18:
- També hi són presents les semprevives, d'un groc tirant a carabassa, el nom de les quals es deu al fet que tenen molt d'aguant
- Golden everlastings, of a yellow tinged with orange, who owe their name to the fact that they have a lot of perseverance, are also present there.
- support
Verb
aguant
- gerund of aguar
Further reading
- “aguant”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007