# bacán
## Irish
### Etymology

From Middle Irish baccán, diminutive of Old Irish bacc (“angle”). By surface analysis, bac (“hindrance, barrier”) +‎ -án.

### Pronunciation

* (Connacht) IPA: /ˈbˠukɑːnˠ/, /ˈbˠukɑːn̪ˠ/
* (Ulster) IPA: /ˈbˠakanˠ/, /ˈbˠakan̪ˠ/

### Noun

bacán m (genitive singular bacáin, nominative plural bacáin)
* crook (bend, curve)
* hook, peg

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
bacán
bacáin
vocative
a bhacáin
a bhacána
genitive
bacáin
bacán
dative
bacán
bacáin
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an bacán
na bacáin
genitive
an bhacáin
na mbacán
dative
leis an mbacán don bhacán
leis na bacáin :

#### Derived terms

* bacán agus inse (“hook and hinge”)
* bacán amuigh m (“outrigger”)
* bacán binse m (“bench stop”)
* bacán brád m (“collar-bone”)
* bacán ceangail m (“belaying-pin”)
* bacán cromáin m (“crank-arm”)
* bacán hata m (“hat-peg”)
* bacán inse m (“hinge-pin”)
* bacán láimhe m (“upper arm”)
* bacán láir m (“centre pin”)
* bacán téide m (“tethering post”)
* bacánach (“crooked, hinged”, adjective)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “baccán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 118, page 28
* ↑ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 71, page 15
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 411, page 135

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bacán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bacán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “bacán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baˈkan/ [baˈkãn]
* Rhymes: -an
* Syllabification: ba‧cán

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ligurian bacan (“boss, captain”), from Turkish bakan (“minister”).

#### Noun

bacán m (plural bacanes)
* (colloquial, Uruguay) sugar daddy
* (colloquial, Rioplatense) pimp
* (colloquial, dated, Rioplatense) boss, owner
* (colloquial, dated, Rioplatense) concubine
* (colloquial, Bolivia, Cuba, Colombia, Rioplatense) wealthy person
* (colloquial, Cuba) a homosexual man
* (colloquial, Cuba) a kept man

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

bacán m (plural bacanes)
* (Cuba) A pastry made with pork meat, tomatoes and capsicum, covered with banana leaves.

#### Adjective

bacán (feminine bacana, masculine plural bacanes, feminine plural bacanas)
* (colloquial, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Colombia, Cuba) cool, awesome
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:guay
* (colloquial, Rioplatense) posh, snobbish
* (colloquial, Rioplatense, Cuba, of a place) frequented by wealthy people; fancy; upscale
* (colloquial, Rioplatense, Cuba) luxurious, refined
* (colloquial, Peru, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Cuba) attractive

### Further reading

* “bacán”, in Diccionario 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
* “bacán”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
* DiPerú | Diccionario de peruanismos en línea