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Don Juan
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donjuan Donjuan donjuán
English
Etymology
After the legendary 14th-century Spanish nobleman Don Juan.
Pronunciation
en /ˌdɒn ˈ(h)wɑːn/ /ˌdɒn ˈdʒʊən/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Don Juan.wav Southern England
Noun
A man who obsessively seduces women.
en philanderer Lothario Thesaurus:libertine Thesaurus:promiscuous man
en James has three girlfriends; he's a real Don Juan.
Derived terms
en Don Juanesque
en Don Juanish
en Don Juanism
en Don Juanist, en donjuanist
en Don Juan syndrome
Translations
a man who obsessively seduces women; a philanderer
Arabic: ar دُون خُوَان m
Aragonese: an donchuán m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 唐璜 táng huáng translit of Don Juan
Dutch: nl Don Juan m, nl Casanova m
Esperanto: eo donĵuano
Finnish: fi donjuan
French: fr don Juan m
Georgian: ka
German: de Don Juan m
Greek: el γυναικάς m
Hebrew: he דון-חואן don khuan as in Spanish
Italian: it dongiovanni m
Japanese: ja ドンファン danfan translit of Don Juan, ja 女垂らし おんなたらし, onna-tarashi, ja 女誑し おんなたらし, onna-tarashi
Korean: ko
Persian: fa دون ژوان don žuân
Polish: pl donżuan m, pl lowelas m, pl casanova m, pl Romeo m, pl bałamut m, pl kobieciarz m, pl uwodziciel m
Portuguese: pt dom-juan m
Romanian: ro Don Juan m, ro afemeiat m
Russian: ru донжуа́н m
Spanish: es Don Juan m, es donjuán m
Swedish: sv tjejtjusare c rarely of adults, sv kvinnoförförare c, sv fruntimmerskarl c
Thai: th ดอนฮวน
Turkish: tr
en eponyms
en People Stock characters
Polish
Alternative forms
pl donżuan
Etymology
pl fr Don Juan, pl Spanish nobleman Don Juan Don Juan 1.
Pronunciation
don hłan LL-Q809 (pol)-Olaf-Don Juan.wav donżuan Don Ju.an
Noun
m-pr Don Juan
pl slang Casanova, en Don Juan man considered romantic and gallant
pl casanova
pl slang Casanova, en Don Juan promiscuous, philandering man
pl casanova
Declension
Further reading
pl Male people Stock characters