bacán

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See also: bacan, bacàn, băcan, and Băcan

Irish

Etymology 1

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Noun

bacán m (genitive singular bacáin, nominative plural bacáin)

  1. hinge hook
  2. crook
  3. peg
  4. glass (of poteen)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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Noun

bacán m (genitive singular bacáin, nominative plural bacáin)

  1. (stalk of) water lily
  2. Alternative form of beacán (“mushroom”)
Derived terms

Declension

Declension of bacán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bacán bacáin
Vocative a bhacáin a bhacána
Genitive bacáin bacán
Dative bacán bacáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an bacán na bacáin
Genitive an bhacáin na mbacán
Dative leis an mbacán

don bhacán

leis na bacáin

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bacán bhacán mbacán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ligurian bacan (“boss, captain”), from Turkish bakan (“minister”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈkan/
  • Rhymes: -an
  • Syllabification: ba‧cán

Noun

bacán m (plural bacanes)

  1. (colloquial, Argentina, Uruguay) pimp
  2. (colloquial, dated, Argentina, Uruguay) boss, owner
  3. (colloquial, dated, Argentina, Uruguay) concubine
  4. (colloquial, dated, Argentina, Uruguay) lover of a kept woman

Adjective

bacán (feminine bacana, masculine plural bacanes, feminine plural bacanas)

  1. (colloquial, Ecuador, Perú, Chile, Colombia, Cuba) cool, awesome
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:guay
  2. (colloquial, Argentina, Uruguay) posh
  3. (colloquial, Argentina, Uruguay) snobbish
  4. (colloquial, Argentina, Uruguay) luxurious, refined

Further reading

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