afán
See also: afan
Galician
Verb
afán
- third-person plural present indicative of afacer
Noun
afán m
- desire; thirst
- effort
- eagerness; keenness
- very active work
- Cada día ten abondo co seu afán.
Spanish
Etymology
See afanar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈfan/ [aˈfãn]
- Rhymes: -an
- Syllabification: a‧fán
Noun
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
Related terms
- afanarse
- afanoso
Further reading
- “afán”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014