"afán" meaning in Spanish

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "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"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish terms with collocations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with collocations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 49 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "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": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "desire; thirst"
      ],
      "id": "en-afán-es-noun-sSxq0FHw",
      "links": [
        [
          "desire",
          "desire"
        ],
        [
          "thirst",
          "thirst"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "deseo"
        },
        {
          "word": "anhelo"
        },
        {
          "word": "aspiración"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "38 53 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish deverbals",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 49 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "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"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Spanish/an",
    "Rhymes:Spanish/an/2 syllables",
    "Spanish 2-syllable words",
    "Spanish countable nouns",
    "Spanish deverbals",
    "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Spanish lemmas",
    "Spanish masculine nouns",
    "Spanish nouns",
    "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Spanish terms with audio pronunciation"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "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": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Spanish terms with collocations",
        "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": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "desire; thirst"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "desire",
          "desire"
        ],
        [
          "thirst",
          "thirst"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "deseo"
        },
        {
          "word": "anhelo"
        },
        {
          "word": "aspiración"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "effort"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "effort",
          "effort"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "eagerness; keenness"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "eagerness",
          "eagerness"
        ],
        [
          "keenness",
          "keenness"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/aˈfan/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[aˈfãn]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-an"
    }
  ],
  "word": "afán"
}