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Where does “holgazán” come from?

holgazán (Spanish) comes from Arabic كَسْلَان — lazy.

holgazán (Spanish): loafing; loafer, sluggard, lazybones, slacker,...

Definitions

  1. loafing; loafer, sluggard, lazybones, slacker,...

Ancestry of “holgazán”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicكَسْلَانlazy

Words derived from “holgazán”

  • holgazanear
  • holgazanería
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