santiamén
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin Spiritus Sancti Amen.
Noun
[edit]santiamén m (uncountable)
- jiffy, jiff, flash, short time, moment, lickety-split
Derived terms
[edit]- en un santiamén ("in a flash; in a jiffy; in the blink of an eye")
Further reading
[edit]- “santiamén”, 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