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galán

Principal Translations
Spanish		English
galán nm	(hombre apuesto y elegante)	handsome man n
	(informal)	heartthrob, heart-throb n
	(colloquial)	hunk n
	(formal)	gallant, beau n
	De joven, el abuelo era un galán y todas las muchachas se morían por él.
	As a young man, grandfather was a handsome man and all the girls fancied him.
galán nm	(conquistador, rompecorazones)	Don Juan, Casanova n
		ladies' man n
	(US, disapproving)	womanizer n
	(UK)	womaniser n
	Está hecho un galán, le salen novias por donde va.
	He is a Don Juan (or: Casanova); he has girlfriends wherever he goes.
galán nm	(teatro: papel, actor) (play, film)	leading man n
		hero n
	Me contrataron para hacer el papel de galán en la obra.
	They gave me the part of the leading man in the play.

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Compound Forms:
Spanish		English
galán de día nm	(planta: Cestrum aurantiacum)	orange Cestrum n
		yellow Cestrum n
		orange jessamine n
		yellow jessamine n
	El galán de día es una planta venenosa.
galán de noche n propio m	AmL (planta cactácea) (Epiphyllum oxypetalum)	Dutchman's pipe n
		queen of the night n
Note: Cereus phyllantus.
	El galán de noche tiene unas hermosas flores blancas.
	The Dutchman's pipe has beautiful white flowers.
galán de noche n propio m	(planta olorosa) (Cestrum nocturnum)	night-blooming Cestrum n
		night-blooming jessamine n
		lady of the night, queen of the night n
Note: Cestrum nocturnum. Variante: dama de noche.
	Mi madre sembró galán de noche en el jardín porque le encanta su aroma.
	My mother planted night-blooming Cestrum in the garden because she loves its scent.

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