ganapán
Spanish, noun/ɡanaˈpan/
ganapán is spelled G-A-N-A-P-Á-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 54 million words in written Spanish, the 257,601st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ganapán is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “odd-jobber” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hombre que adquiere su sustento transportando cargas o bultos de una parte a otra”.
What does ganapán mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineodd-jobber
- 2
derogatorymasculinelout; brute
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Hombre que adquiere su sustento transportando cargas o bultos de una parte a otra. 2. Hombre miserable que no tiene nada. 3. Portador de mensajes poco honrosos. 4. Hombre rudo y tosco.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ganapán
- ganapanes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ganapán?
- /ɡanaˈpan/
- [ɡa.naˈpãn]
- [ganaˈpãn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ganapán in Spanish?
ganapán appears about once in every 54 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).