"bacán" meaning in Spanish

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Adjective

IPA: /baˈkan/, [baˈkãn] Forms: bacana [feminine], bacanes [masculine, plural], bacanas [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -an Etymology: Borrowed from Ligurian bacan (“boss, captain”), from Turkish bakan (“minister”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|es|lij|bacan||boss, captain|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Ligurian bacan (“boss, captain”), {{bor+|es|lij|bacan||boss, captain}} Borrowed from Ligurian bacan (“boss, captain”), {{bor|es|tr|bakan||minister}} Turkish bakan (“minister”) Head templates: {{es-adj}} bacán (feminine bacana, masculine plural bacanes, feminine plural bacanas)
  1. (colloquial, Ecuador, Perú, Chile, Colombia, Cuba) cool, awesome Tags: Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Peru, colloquial Synonyms: guay
    Sense id: en-bacán-es-adj-v5IRziXc Categories (other): Chilean Spanish, Colombian Spanish, Cuban Spanish, Ecuadorian Spanish
  2. (colloquial, Argentina, Uruguay) posh Tags: Argentina, Uruguay, colloquial
    Sense id: en-bacán-es-adj-CDrUnwkw Categories (other): Argentinian Spanish, Uruguayan Spanish
  3. (colloquial, Argentina, Uruguay) snobbish Tags: Argentina, Uruguay, colloquial
    Sense id: en-bacán-es-adj-OUUAVKE~ Categories (other): Argentinian Spanish, Uruguayan Spanish, Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 4 9 46 8 1 3 4 25
  4. (colloquial, Argentina, Uruguay) luxurious, refined Tags: Argentina, Uruguay, colloquial
    Sense id: en-bacán-es-adj-gPwu~~wc Categories (other): Argentinian Spanish, Uruguayan Spanish

Noun

IPA: /baˈkan/, [baˈkãn] Forms: bacanes [plural]
Rhymes: -an Etymology: Borrowed from Ligurian bacan (“boss, captain”), from Turkish bakan (“minister”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|es|lij|bacan||boss, captain|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Ligurian bacan (“boss, captain”), {{bor+|es|lij|bacan||boss, captain}} Borrowed from Ligurian bacan (“boss, captain”), {{bor|es|tr|bakan||minister}} Turkish bakan (“minister”) Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} bacán m (plural bacanes)
  1. (colloquial, Argentina, Uruguay) pimp Tags: Argentina, Uruguay, colloquial, masculine
    Sense id: en-bacán-es-noun-EwIpzTYl Categories (other): Argentinian Spanish, Uruguayan Spanish
  2. (colloquial, dated, Argentina, Uruguay) boss, owner Tags: Argentina, Uruguay, colloquial, dated, masculine
    Sense id: en-bacán-es-noun-LbobKO17 Categories (other): Argentinian Spanish, Uruguayan Spanish
  3. (colloquial, dated, Argentina, Uruguay) concubine Tags: Argentina, Uruguay, colloquial, dated, masculine
    Sense id: en-bacán-es-noun-~LfYrhmr Categories (other): Argentinian Spanish, Uruguayan Spanish
  4. (colloquial, dated, Argentina, Uruguay) lover of a kept woman Tags: Argentina, Uruguay, colloquial, dated, masculine
    Sense id: en-bacán-es-noun-BKCY-20o Categories (other): Argentinian Spanish, Uruguayan Spanish

Inflected forms

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        [
          "snobbish",
          "snobbish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, Argentina, Uruguay) snobbish"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Argentina",
        "Uruguay",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Argentinian Spanish",
        "Spanish colloquialisms",
        "Uruguayan Spanish"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "luxurious, refined"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "luxurious",
          "luxurious"
        ],
        [
          "refined",
          "refined"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, Argentina, Uruguay) luxurious, refined"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Argentina",
        "Uruguay",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/baˈkan/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[baˈkãn]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-an"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bacán"
}

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