galán

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galán m

1. (dated) a beau

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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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

• nalga