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Casanova
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casanova casanovą Casanovą Casa Nova
English
Etymology 1
en Venetian writer and adventurer Giacomo Casanova 1725 1798 =.
Pronunciation
en /ˌkæsəˈnəʊvə/ /ˌkæzəˈnəʊvə/ RP
en /ˌkæsəˈnoʊvə/ /ˌkæzəˈnoʊvə/ US
en en-us-casanova.ogg US, en en-us-casanova-2.ogg US
en əʊvə 4
Noun
A man considered romantic and gallant, especially one who gives amorous attentions to women.
en 1960 w:J. E. Macdonnell Don't Gimme the Ships Melbourne Horwitz Publications 139 ‘But I’m sure it isn’t your good looks.’ ‘Oh yeah! All right, Casanova.’
A promiscuous, philandering man.
en philanderer Thesaurus:promiscuous man Thesaurus:libertine
2026, Dhamaal 4, Indra Kumar, et al.:Deshbandhu “Lallan” Roy, English Captions: He turned out to be a Casanova among snakes!Footnote: The man thought his wife was flirting with him in this scene by pulling her hand in his shirt, but it was actually a snake, and he did not find out until almost too late.
Translations
man considered romantic and gallant
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 紳士 shēnshì
Danish: da
Faroese: fo hjartaknúsari m
Finnish: fi auervaara, fi casanova, fi hurmuri
French: fr casanova m
German: de Herzensbrecher m, de Frauenschwarm m
Malay: ms kasanova
Polish: pl casanova m, pl Don Juan m, pl donżuan m
Portuguese: pt casanova m
Spanish: es casanova m, es papi chulo m, es galán m
Swedish: sv tjejtjusare, sv casanova c, sv donjuan c, sv kvinnotjusare c
promiscuous, philandering man
Arabic: ar
Armenian: hy դոնժուան, hy կնամոլ
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 花花公子 huāhuā gōngzǐ
Danish: da
Dutch: nl casanova m
Esperanto: eo
Finnish: fi auervaara
French: fr don Juan m f
Georgian: ka
German: de Casanova m, de Frauenheld m, de Weiberheld m, de Frauenverführer m
Japanese: ja カサノバ kasanoba
Korean: ko 카사노바
Polish: pl casanova m, pl Don Juan m, pl donżuan m
Portuguese: pt casanova m
Romanian: ro
Russian: ru казано́ва m
Spanish: es golfo m, es puto m, es mujeriego m
Swedish: sv manshora
Thai: th คาสโนวา
Turkish: tr
Vietnamese: vi
Etymology 2
From en roa Casanova en es Casanova, en it Casanova, en ca Casanova . From casa (“house”) + nova (“new”). new house.
Proper noun
s
en Romance languages Newhouse.
Derived terms
en Casanovan
en Casanovist
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Casanova is the 3851st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 9201 individuals. Casanova is most common among Hispanic/Latino (73.66%) and White (21.55%) individuals.
en Stock characters People
Catalan
Etymology
ca :af casa nova
From ca casa nova.
Pronunciation
ò
Proper noun
mfbysense
ca
Cebuano
Etymology
ceb :bor es:Casanova + 1
Proper noun
ceb proper noun
ceb
Galician
Etymology
From gl casa house + gl nova new.
Pronunciation
Càsanòva
gl Ca sa no va
Proper noun
a large number of hamlets and villages throughout Galicia
gl toponymical
Related terms
gl casa
References
gl Villages
Spanish
Etymology
From either es ca - or es gl -, a surname common on both these linguistic areas.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
mfbysense
es Catalan,Galician
Descendants
ceb Casanova 1
tl Casanova 1
Statistics
Casanova 14,774 14,805 Valencia, Barcelona, Tarragona, Madrid, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Alicante, Zaragoza, and Castellón
Tagalog
Etymology
tl :bor es:Casanova + 1
Pronunciation
Proper noun
+
tl Spanish < Catalan
Statistics
Casanova 1,328th 7,733