"man" meaning in Spanish

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Noun

IPA: /ˈman/, [ˈmãn] Forms: mans [plural], manes [plural]
Rhymes: -an Etymology: Borrowed from English man. Etymology templates: {{bor|es|en|man}} English man Head templates: {{es-noun|m|mans|pl2=+}} man m (plural mans or manes)
  1. (Latin America, colloquial) man, guy, dude Tags: Latin-America, colloquial, masculine
    Sense id: en-man-es-noun-zvZUmcNo Categories (other): Latin American Spanish, Pages with 86 entries, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish nouns with multiple plurals Synonyms: tipo, tío, buey [Mexico], carnal [Mexico], causa [Peru], chabón [Argentina], chaval [Spain], chavo [Mexico], cuate [Mexico], gallo [Chile], güey [Mexico], hombre, huevón [Latin-America, also, pejorative], weón [Latin-America, also, pejorative], fulano [pejorative], mae [Costa-Rica], maje [El-Salvador, also, pejorative], marica [Colombia, Venezuela, also, pejorative], man [Latin-America], mijo [Mexico], pana [Dominican-Republic, Ecuador, Puerto-Rico, Venezuela], pibe [Argentina, Uruguay], tipo, tío [Spain], tron [Spain], tronco [Spain]

Inflected forms

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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:tío",
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          "word": "gallo"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:tío",
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          "source": "Thesaurus:tío",
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          "word": "weón"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:tío",
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          "word": "fulano"
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          "word": "tío"
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          "word": "tron"
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          "word": "gallo"
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          "word": "güey"
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          "word": "weón"
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          "word": "fulano"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:tío",
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