patán
rustic; yokel; hick (familiar); (EEUU) lout;
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patán
patán(
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tahn
)An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g. the big dog).
1. (boorish)
a. uncouth
Quisiera que aprendieras buenos modales y dejaras de ser tan patán.I wish you'd learn some good manners and stop being so uncouth.
A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g. el hombre guapo, el sol amarillo).
2. (colloquial) (coarse man)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g. skinny, grandma).
a. lout
La fiesta estaba llena de patanes borrachos y decidí irme.The party was full of drunken louts and I decided to leave.
3. (pejorative) (uneducated countryman)
An offensive word or phrase used to degrade a person or group of people based on race, gender, sexual preference, etc. (e.g. ghetto).
a. yokel (pejorative)
An offensive word or phrase used to degrade a person or group of people based on race, gender, sexual preference, etc. (e.g. ghetto).
Contrató a un patán para que le cuidara la casa de campo.He hired some yokel to watch over his farmhouse.
b. bumpkin (pejorative)
An offensive word or phrase used to degrade a person or group of people based on race, gender, sexual preference, etc. (e.g. ghetto).
Qué vas a hacer en ese pueblo, si ahí solo viven patanes.What are you going to do in that town? Only bumpkins live there.
c. redneck (colloquial) (United States)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g. skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in the United States
Le vendí el tractor a un patán.I sold the tractor to a redneck.
d. hick (colloquial) (United States)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g. skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in the United States
En el bar había un par de patanes emborrachándose.There were a couple of hicks getting drunk at the bar.
patánadjectiveNoun
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g. the big dog).
1. (general)
a. uncivilized, uncouth
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
2. (general)
a. bumpkin
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