afán
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See also: afan
Galician
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Verb
[edit]afán
Noun
[edit]afán m
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]afán m (plural afanes)
- desire; thirst
- Synonyms: deseo, anhelo, aspiración
- afán de lucro ― greed
- afán de protagonismo ― desire to play a leading role
- 1882, José Zorrilla, chapter XII, in La leyenda del Cid:
- ¿Fué vanidad personal? / ¿Fué afán de guardar su extraña / posición excepcional? / ¿o fué, fiel, casta y leal, / la mejor mujer de España?
- Was it personal vanity? / Was it (the) desire of guarding her odd / exceptional position? / or was she, faithful, pure and loyal / the best woman in Spain?
- effort
- eagerness; keenness
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “afán”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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