bacán

See also: bacan

Irish

Etymology 1

Noun

bacán m (genitive singular bacáin, nominative plural bacáin)

  1. hinge hook
  2. crook
  3. peg
  4. glass (of poteen)
Derived terms
  • bacánach (“crooked, hinged”, adjective)
  • bacán agus inse (“hook and hinge”)
  • bacán amuigh m (“outrigger”)
  • bacán binse m (“bench stop”)
  • bacán brád m (“collar-bone”)
  • bacán ceangail m (“belaying-pin”)
  • bacán cromáin m (“crank-arm”)
  • bacán hata m (“hat-peg”)
  • bacán inse m (“hinge-pin”)
  • bacán láimhe m (“upper arm”)
  • bacán láir m (“centre pin”)
  • bacán téide m (“tethering post”)

Etymology 2

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/

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 singular bacana, masculine plural bacanes, feminine plural bacanas)

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

Synonyms
  • chévere (Puerto Rico, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador slang)
  • chido (Mexico, slang)
  • chiva (Costa Rica, slang)
  • genial
  • guay (Spain, slang)
  • padre (Mexico, slang)
  • gufiao (Puerto Rico, slang)
  • nítido (all Hispanic America, slang)
  • bacana (Brazilian Portuguese, slang)
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