galbana

Uncertain. Thought from Arabic غَالِب (ḡālib, “overcoming, surmounting; excess”) with Romance suffix +‎ -án or +‎ -ano.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ɡalˈbana/ [ɡalˈβ̞a.na]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: gal‧ba‧na

galbana f (plural galbanes)

1. sloth; laziness

Uncertain. Possibly same origin as galbán: from Proto-Celtic *galbā.

• Rhymes: -ana
• Hyphenation: gal‧ba‧na

galbana f (plural galbanas)

1. sloth, laziness, indolence

   Synonyms: doca, nugalla, preguiza

2. mantis

   Synonym: barbantesa

• galbán

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “galbana”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “galbana”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “galbana”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

galbana

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of galbanum

Uncertain. Thought from Arabic غَالِب (ḡālib, “overcoming, surmounting; excess”) with Romance suffix +‎ -án +‎ -ano.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ɡalˈbana/ [ɡalˈβ̞a.na]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: gal‧ba‧na

galbana f (plural galbanas)

1. laziness; sloth

From Andalusian Arabic جلبان (“grasspea”)

galbana f (plural galbanas)

1. small pea

• “galbana”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025