tunante

Spanish

Etymology

From tuna (“college singing group”) +‎ -ante.

Adjective

tunante m or f (masculine and feminine plural tunantes)

1. loafing

   Synonym: gandul

2. tricky, deceptive; villainous
   • 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:

     Ya no harán más picardías estos tunantes bichos que nada respetan.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Noun

tunante m or f by sense (plural tunantes)

1. loafer

   Synonym: gandul

2. crook; meanie; baddie

Further reading

• “tunante”, 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