• IPA^(key): /aˈfaŋ/[aˈfɑŋ]
• Rhymes:-aŋ
• Hyphenation:a‧fán

afán m

1. desire;thirst
2. effort
3. eagerness;keenness
4. very activework

   Cada día ten abondo co seu afán.

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• afã(reintegrationist)

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afán

1. third-personpluralpresentindicative ofafacer

• afám(reintegrationist)

• “afán”, inDicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña:Royal Galician Academy,2012–2025

Deverbal fromafanar.

• IPA^(key): /aˈfan/[aˈfãn]

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• Rhymes:-an
• Syllabification:a‧fán

afán m (pluralafanes)

1. desire;thirst

   Synonyms:deseo,anhelo,aspiración

   afán de lucro ―greed

   afán de protagonismo ―desire to play a leading role

   • 1882,José Zorrilla, chapterXII, inLa leyenda del Cid:

     ¿Fué vanidad personal? / ¿Fuéafán 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?

2. effort
3. eagerness;keenness

• “afán”, inDiccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8,Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish:Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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