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/Sounds like "SEHR" (as in "set") + "OON" (as in "Uber") + "SAHN" (as in "salsa") + "gah" (as in "garden") + "noh" (as in "note")/

Meaning

In Spain, a total lazy bum who avoids all responsibility and lives off other people without contributing anything. Like the drone bee in a hive: consumes everything the workers produce without making a single thing itself. Thirty years old and still has his parents paying for everything? Zángano.

Examples

Ese zángano tiene treinta años y sus padres le siguen manteniendo.

That bum is thirty years old and his parents still support him.

No seas zángano y busca algo en qué ocuparte productivamente.

Stop being a lazy drone and find something productive to do with yourself.

Regional synonyms

To make a mistake or mess up, especially by saying something inappropriate at the worst possible moment. When you screw up unintentionally, everyone notices, and there's no way to unsay what you said.