"Don Juan" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Don Juans [plural]
Etymology: After the legendary 14th-century Spanish nobleman Don Juan. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Don Juan (plural Don Juans)
  1. A man who obsessively seduces women. Categories (topical): People, Stock characters Synonyms: philanderer, Lothario, libertine, promiscuous man Derived forms: Don Juanesque, Don Juanish, Don Juanism, Don Juanist, donjuanist, Don Juan syndrome Translations (a man who obsessively seduces women; a philanderer): دُون خُوَان (dūn ḵuwān) [masculine] (Arabic), donchuán [masculine] (Aragonese), 唐璜 (táng huáng) (english: translit of Don Juan) (Chinese Mandarin), Don Juan [masculine] (Dutch), Casanova [masculine] (Dutch), donĵuano (Esperanto), donjuan (Finnish), don Juan [masculine] (French), Don Juan [masculine] (German), γυναικάς (gynaikás) [masculine] (Greek), דון-חואן (don khuan) (note: as in Spanish) (Hebrew), dongiovanni [masculine] (Italian), ドンファン (danfan) (english: translit of Don Juan) (Japanese), 女垂らし (onna-tarashi) (alt: おんなたらし) (Japanese), 女誑し (onna-tarashi) (alt: おんなたらし) (Japanese), دون ژوان (don žuân) (Persian), donżuan [masculine] (Polish), lowelas [masculine] (Polish), casanova [masculine] (Polish), Romeo [masculine] (Polish), bałamut [masculine] (Polish), kobieciarz [masculine] (Polish), uwodziciel [masculine] (Polish), Don Juan [masculine] (Romanian), afemeiat [masculine] (Romanian), донжуа́н (donžuán) [masculine] (Russian), Don Juan [masculine] (Spanish), donjuán [masculine] (Spanish), tjejtjusare [common-gender, rare] (Swedish), kvinnoförförare [common-gender] (Swedish), fruntimmerskarl [common-gender] (Swedish), ดอนฮวน (Thai)

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a man who obsessively seduces women; a philanderer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "uwodziciel"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a man who obsessively seduces women; a philanderer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Don Juan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a man who obsessively seduces women; a philanderer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "afemeiat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "donžuán",
      "sense": "a man who obsessively seduces women; a philanderer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "донжуа́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a man who obsessively seduces women; a philanderer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Don Juan"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a man who obsessively seduces women; a philanderer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "donjuán"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "raw_tags": [
        "of adults"
      ],
      "sense": "a man who obsessively seduces women; a philanderer",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "tjejtjusare"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a man who obsessively seduces women; a philanderer",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kvinnoförförare"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a man who obsessively seduces women; a philanderer",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fruntimmerskarl"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "a man who obsessively seduces women; a philanderer",
      "word": "ดอนฮวน"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Don Juan"
}

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