galán

• galanu (Western Asturias)

Inherited from Old Leonese *galano. Compare Mirandese galano (“beautiful”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈlan/ [ɡaˈlãŋ]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: ga‧lán

galán m (plural galanes)

1. stitchwort (flower)
2. toy

   Synonym: xuguete

3. caress, pat

   Synonyms: afalagu, gasayu

4. boyfriend

   Synonym: mozu

5. (usually in the plural) first steps of a baby

• facer galanes
• tar de galanes

galán m sg (feminine singular galana, neuter singular galano, masculine plural galanos, feminine plural galanes)

1. nice, beautiful, pretty, good-looking

   Synonyms: guapu, formosu

   Qué mozu más galán

   What a pretty boy

   La Virxen de Covadonga ye piquiñina y galana

   The Virgin of Covadonga is small and pretty (folk song)

2. gentle, friendly, kind, nice

• "galán" in Diccionario General de la Lengua Asturiana (DGLA)
• "galán" in Diccionariu de la Llingua Asturiana (DALLA)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡalaːn]

galán m anim

1. (dated) a beau

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

From gal (“vapor, steam”) +‎ -án.

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ɡəˈl̪ˠɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɡalˠɑːnˠ/, /ˈɡal̪ˠɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɡalˠaːnˠ/, /ˈɡal̪ˠaːn̪ˠ/
• Homophone: gallán (Munster, many Connacht and Ulster varieties)

galán m (genitive singular galáin, nominative plural galáin)

1. cranefly, daddy longlegs (fly of the suborder Tipulomorpha)
2. puff (of wind, smoke, etc.)

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “galán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 349
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “galán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Borrowed from French galant. Doublet of galante.

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈlan/ [ɡaˈlãn]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: ga‧lán

galán (feminine galana, masculine plural galanes, feminine plural galanas)

1. gallant
2. (colloquial, Mexico, El Salvador) nice, enviable, without worries (said of a situation)
   • 2012, Maus, Cosecha de Doscientos Soles, published by Palibrio (Mexico), p. 56.

     pero detrás del destello se asomaba un día galán, alegre, brillante...

     but behind the sparkle, a nice, happy, shiny day was appearing...

galán m (plural galanes)

1. an attractive young man, gallant
2. beau
3. (drama) protagonist, leading man

galán

1. (colloquial, Mexico, El Salvador) copiously, in a great and unmeasured quantity

   Después al pastel le echamos azúcar galán, sin pensar que ya tenía suficiente.

   Afterwards, we added sugar to the cake copiously, without thinking it already had enough.

2. (colloquial, El Salvador) without worries, enjoying it (said of an enviable situation)

   Ese trabajo es fácil: él se la pasa galán todos los días.

   That job is very easy: every day he lets time pass by without worries, enjoying it.

   Tengo todo planeado para que tengamos una mañana galán.

   I've got everything planned out so we can have a nice worry-free morning.

• “galán”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

• nalga