desmán
Appearance
See also: desman
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
[edit]desmán m (plural desmanes)
- abuse, excess
- Synonym: ultraje
- 1887, Eugenio Cambaceres, En la sangre, chapter 29:
- No que fuera ésta provocada por Genaro, que tratase él de imponerse, que su conducta, su actitud, hubiesen nunca acosado de su parte el más ligero desmán, la más pequeña licencia.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]desmán m (plural desmanes)
- desman (animal)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “desmán”, 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