"jayán" meaning in Spanish

See jayán in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /xaˈʝan/, [xaˈʝãn], /xaˈʝan/ (note: everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay), [xaˈʝãn] (note: everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay), /xaˈʃan/ (note: Buenos Aires and environs), [xaˈʃãn] (note: Buenos Aires and environs), /xaˈʒan/ (note: elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay), [xaˈʒãn] (note: elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Forms: jayana [feminine], jayanes [masculine, plural], jayanas [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -an Head templates: {{es-adj}} jayán (feminine jayana, masculine plural jayanes, feminine plural jayanas)
  1. huge; beastly; giant
    Sense id: en-jayán-es-adj-u~ZgOdI7
  2. (El Salvador, Nicaragua, colloquial) lewd, sexual (said of a joke or a person who tells such jokes) Tags: El-Salvador, Nicaragua, colloquial
    Sense id: en-jayán-es-adj-j1pYtpDv Categories (other): Nicaraguan Spanish, Salvadorian Spanish

Noun

IPA: /xaˈʝan/, [xaˈʝãn], /xaˈʝan/ (note: everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay), [xaˈʝãn] (note: everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay), /xaˈʃan/ (note: Buenos Aires and environs), [xaˈʃãn] (note: Buenos Aires and environs), /xaˈʒan/ (note: elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay), [xaˈʒãn] (note: elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Forms: jayanes [plural], jayana [feminine], jayanas [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -an Head templates: {{es-noun|m|f=+}} jayán m (plural jayanes, feminine jayana, feminine plural jayanas)
  1. (mythology) giant Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Mythology
    Sense id: en-jayán-es-noun-CxMuovbN Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 19 46 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 13 61 16 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 23 11 49 16 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
  2. huge person; beast; stocky person Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-jayán-es-noun-xN94~x8O
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: jayanada, jayanear, jayanería

Inflected forms

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "jayana",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jayanes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jayanas",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ja‧yán"
  ],
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  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
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        "huge; beastly; giant"
      ],
      "id": "en-jayán-es-adj-u~ZgOdI7",
      "links": [
        [
          "huge",
          "huge"
        ],
        [
          "beastly",
          "beastly"
        ],
        [
          "giant",
          "giant"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Nicaraguan Spanish",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Salvadorian Spanish",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "That guy likes telling lewd jokes.",
          "text": "A ese le gusta contar chistes jayanes.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lewd, sexual (said of a joke or a person who tells such jokes)"
      ],
      "id": "en-jayán-es-adj-j1pYtpDv",
      "links": [
        [
          "lewd",
          "lewd"
        ],
        [
          "sexual",
          "sexual"
        ],
        [
          "joke",
          "joke"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(El Salvador, Nicaragua, colloquial) lewd, sexual (said of a joke or a person who tells such jokes)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "El-Salvador",
        "Nicaragua",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/xaˈʝan/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[xaˈʝãn]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xaˈʝan/",
      "note": "everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[xaˈʝãn]",
      "note": "everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xaˈʃan/",
      "note": "Buenos Aires and environs"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[xaˈʃãn]",
      "note": "Buenos Aires and environs"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xaˈʒan/",
      "note": "elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[xaˈʒãn]",
      "note": "elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-an"
    }
  ],
  "word": "jayán"
}

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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "jayanear"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "jayanería"
    }
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "plural"
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  ],
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    }
  ],
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    "ja‧yán"
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "es",
          "name": "Mythology",
          "orig": "es:Mythology",
          "parents": [
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 19 46 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 13 61 16",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 11 49 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 19:",
          "text": "Para convencerse del supersticioso temor que les inspiran, no hay sino ver cómo los más ingenuos y verbosos bajan la voz hasta hacerla apenas perceptible, siempre que tratan de estos asuntos, y cómo jayanes que podrían derribar una torre a puñetazos, miran en torno suyo con mucho inquietud, antes de responder, por miedo de que algún Brujo les esté escuchando.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "giant"
      ],
      "id": "en-jayán-es-noun-CxMuovbN",
      "links": [
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ],
        [
          "giant",
          "giant"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mythology) giant"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "mysticism",
        "mythology",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:",
          "text": "A hora conveniente, dos jayanes pusieron sobre la mesa del comedor un mediano monte de pan",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "huge person; beast; stocky person"
      ],
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          "huge",
          "huge"
        ],
        [
          "beast",
          "beast"
        ],
        [
          "stocky",
          "stocky"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/xaˈʝan/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[xaˈʝãn]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xaˈʝan/",
      "note": "everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[xaˈʝãn]",
      "note": "everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xaˈʃan/",
      "note": "Buenos Aires and environs"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[xaˈʃãn]",
      "note": "Buenos Aires and environs"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xaˈʒan/",
      "note": "elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[xaˈʒãn]",
      "note": "elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-an"
    }
  ],
  "word": "jayán"
}
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    "Spanish countable nouns",
    "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Spanish lemmas",
    "Spanish masculine nouns",
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        }
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      ],
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        "(El Salvador, Nicaragua, colloquial) lewd, sexual (said of a joke or a person who tells such jokes)"
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        "colloquial"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/xaˈʝan/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[xaˈʝãn]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xaˈʝan/",
      "note": "everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[xaˈʝãn]",
      "note": "everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xaˈʃan/",
      "note": "Buenos Aires and environs"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[xaˈʃãn]",
      "note": "Buenos Aires and environs"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xaˈʒan/",
      "note": "elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[xaˈʒãn]",
      "note": "elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-an"
    }
  ],
  "word": "jayán"
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  ],
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    "ja‧yán"
  ],
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  "lang_code": "es",
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        {
          "ref": "1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 19:",
          "text": "Para convencerse del supersticioso temor que les inspiran, no hay sino ver cómo los más ingenuos y verbosos bajan la voz hasta hacerla apenas perceptible, siempre que tratan de estos asuntos, y cómo jayanes que podrían derribar una torre a puñetazos, miran en torno suyo con mucho inquietud, antes de responder, por miedo de que algún Brujo les esté escuchando.",
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          "ref": "1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:",
          "text": "A hora conveniente, dos jayanes pusieron sobre la mesa del comedor un mediano monte de pan",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "huge person; beast; stocky person"
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          "huge",
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          "stocky"
        ]
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/xaˈʝan/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[xaˈʝãn]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xaˈʝan/",
      "note": "everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[xaˈʝãn]",
      "note": "everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xaˈʃan/",
      "note": "Buenos Aires and environs"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[xaˈʃãn]",
      "note": "Buenos Aires and environs"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xaˈʒan/",
      "note": "elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[xaˈʒãn]",
      "note": "elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-an"
    }
  ],
  "word": "jayán"
}

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