"afán" meaning in Spanish

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      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "afanar"
      },
      "expansion": "Deverbal from afanar",
      "name": "deverbal"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Deverbal from afanar.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "afanes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "afán m (plural afanes)",
      "name": "es-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "a‧fán"
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "afanarse"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "afanoso"
    }
  ],
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          "parents": [
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          "source": "w"
        },
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          "_dis": "49 40 11",
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          "_dis": "78 18 4",
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "greed",
          "text": "afán de lucro",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "desire to play a leading role",
          "text": "afán de protagonismo",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Was it personal vanity? / Was it (the) desire of guarding her odd / exceptional position? / or was she, faithful, pure and loyal / the best woman in Spain?",
          "ref": "1882, José Zorrilla, chapter XII, in La leyenda del Cid",
          "text": "¿Fué vanidad personal? / ¿Fué afán de guardar su extraña / posición excepcional? / ¿o fué, fiel, casta y leal, / la mejor mujer de España?",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "desire; thirst"
      ],
      "id": "en-afán-es-noun-sSxq0FHw",
      "links": [
        [
          "desire",
          "desire"
        ],
        [
          "thirst",
          "thirst"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "deseo"
        },
        {
          "word": "anhelo"
        },
        {
          "word": "aspiración"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "effort"
      ],
      "id": "en-afán-es-noun-pPEsOJUl",
      "links": [
        [
          "effort",
          "effort"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "eagerness; keenness"
      ],
      "id": "en-afán-es-noun-UnC4srzg",
      "links": [
        [
          "eagerness",
          "eagerness"
        ],
        [
          "keenness",
          "keenness"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/aˈfan/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[aˈfãn]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-an"
    }
  ],
  "word": "afán"
}

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    "Rhymes:Spanish/an/2 syllables",
    "Spanish 2-syllable words",
    "Spanish countable nouns",
    "Spanish deverbals",
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    "Spanish lemmas",
    "Spanish masculine nouns",
    "Spanish nouns",
    "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Spanish terms with audio links"
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "afanar"
      },
      "expansion": "Deverbal from afanar",
      "name": "deverbal"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Deverbal from afanar.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "afanes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "afán m (plural afanes)",
      "name": "es-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "a‧fán"
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "afanarse"
    },
    {
      "word": "afanoso"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
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        "Spanish terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "greed",
          "text": "afán de lucro",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "desire to play a leading role",
          "text": "afán de protagonismo",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Was it personal vanity? / Was it (the) desire of guarding her odd / exceptional position? / or was she, faithful, pure and loyal / the best woman in Spain?",
          "ref": "1882, José Zorrilla, chapter XII, in La leyenda del Cid",
          "text": "¿Fué vanidad personal? / ¿Fué afán de guardar su extraña / posición excepcional? / ¿o fué, fiel, casta y leal, / la mejor mujer de España?",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "desire; thirst"
      ],
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        [
          "desire",
          "desire"
        ],
        [
          "thirst",
          "thirst"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "deseo"
        },
        {
          "word": "anhelo"
        },
        {
          "word": "aspiración"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "effort"
      ],
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        [
          "effort",
          "effort"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "eagerness; keenness"
      ],
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        [
          "eagerness",
          "eagerness"
        ],
        [
          "keenness",
          "keenness"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/aˈfan/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[aˈfãn]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-an"
    }
  ],
  "word": "afán"
}