gandul

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish gandul, from Arabic غُنْدُور (ḡundūr, “fat, plump; dandy, fop”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ɡənˈdul]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ɡanˈdul]

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Adjective

gandul (feminine gandula, masculine plural ganduls, feminine plural gandules)

1. lazy, loafing

Noun

gandul m (plural ganduls, feminine gandula)

1. loafer, idler

Synonyms

• gallof

Derived terms

• gandulejar
• ganduleria

Further reading

• “gandul” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “gandul” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “gandul”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Spanish

Etymology

From Arabic غُنْدُور (ḡundūr, “fat, plump; dandy, fop”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡanˈdul/ [ɡãn̪ˈd̪ul]
• Rhymes: -ul
• Syllabification: gan‧dul

Adjective

gandul (feminine gandula, masculine plural gandules, feminine plural gandulas)

1. loafing, lazy

   Synonyms: tunante, holgazán

Noun

gandul m or f by sense (plural gandules)

1. loafer, idler

   Synonyms: tunante, holgazán

   • 2022 February 1, Virginia Vadillo, “Los asaltantes del Ayuntamiento de Lorca, a los concejales: “Os vamos a matar, gandules””, in El País‎^[1]:

     Proferían insultos y gritos contra los concejales: “Os vamos a matar. Sois unos gandules. No hay derecho”.

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2. (Puerto Rico) pigeon pea

   Synonym: guandú

Derived terms

• gandulear
• gandulería

 

Descendants

• → Catalan: gandul

Further reading

• “gandul”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28