ganas

See also: ganás and gañas

Asturian

Verb

ganas

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of ganar

Galician

Noun

ganas

  1. plural of gana

Gothic

Romanization

ganas

  1. Romanization of 𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃

Ido

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡanas/

Verb

ganas

  1. present of ganar

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay ganas.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡanas]
  • Hyphenation: ga‧nas

Adjective

ganas

  1. ferocious, fierce, savage
  2. (pathology) virulent: of a disease or disease-causing agent: highly infectious, malignant, or deadly.
  3. (oncology) malignant

Derived terms

Further reading

Malay

Adjective

ganas (Jawi spelling ݢانس)

  1. ferocious, fierce

Descendants

  • Indonesian: ganas

Further reading

Portuguese

Noun

ganas

  1. plural of gana

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡanas/ [ˈɡa.nas]
  • Rhymes: -anas
  • Syllabification: ga‧nas

Etymology 1

Plural of gana.

Noun

ganas f pl (plural only)

  1. desire, wish, want
    Tengo ganas de un helado
    I fancy an ice cream
    (literally, “I have desire of an ice cream”)
  2. enthusiasm
    Esto se debe hacer con ganas
    This must be done enthusiastically
    (literally, “This must be done with enthusiasm”)
  3. lust (chiefly when preceded by compound verb traerle)
  4. plural of gana

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ganas

  1. second-person singular present indicative of ganar

Volapük

Noun

ganas

  1. genitive plural of gan
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