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Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish gandul, from Arabic غُنْدُور (ḡundūr, “fat, plump; dandy, fop”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
gandul (feminine gandula, masculine plural ganduls, feminine plural gandules)
- lazy, loafing
Noun
gandul m (plural ganduls, feminine gandula)
- loafer, idler
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Spanish
Etymology
From Arabic غُنْدُور (ḡundūr, “fat, plump; dandy, fop”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡanˈdul/
- Rhymes: -ul
- Syllabification: gan‧dul
Adjective
gandul (feminine gandula, masculine plural gandules, feminine plural gandulas)
- loafing, lazy
- Synonyms: tunante, holgazán
Noun
gandul m or f by sense (plural gandules)
- loafer, idler
- Synonyms: tunante, holgazán
2022 February 1, Virginia Vadillo, “Los asaltantes del Ayuntamiento de Lorca, a los concejales: “Os vamos a matar, gandules””, in El País:Proferían insultos y gritos contra los concejales: “Os vamos a matar. Sois unos gandules. No hay derecho”.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (Puerto Rico) pigeon pea
- Synonym: guandú
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