haragán

== Spanish == === Etymology === According to the Royal Spanish Academy, most likely derived from Andalusian Arabic كان خرا (ḵrā kān), meaning "it was shit". An alternative theory is a borrowing from Old High German arag, arg (“worthless, lazy, bad”) or Gothic *𐌰𐍂𐌲𐍃 (*args), both from Proto-Germanic *argaz, whence also Old English earg, English eerie, arch, argh. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aɾaˈɡan/ [a.ɾaˈɣ̞ãn] Rhymes: -an Syllabification: ha‧ra‧gán === Adjective === haragán (feminine haragana, masculine plural haraganes, feminine plural haraganas) lazy (unwilling to work) Synonyms: holgazán, perezoso, flojo === Noun === haragán m (plural haraganes, feminine haragana, feminine plural haraganas) idler, loafer (Cuba, Venezuela, northern Argentina) squeegee mop ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “haragán”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025