gegants
/ʒəˈɣans/
CA
Quick answers
What does gegants mean?
gegants means: Large, hollow human-shaped figures carried and danced by people during traditional festivals in Catalonia and other parts of Catalan culture.
How do you pronounce gegants?
gegants: /ʒəˈɣans/
How is gegants used in a sentence?
Els gegants surten a desfilar per la Festa Major de la ciutat.
Large, hollow human-shaped figures carried and danced by people during traditional festivals in Catalonia and other parts of Catalan culture.
Els gegants surten a desfilar per la Festa Major de la ciutat.
The giant figures come out to parade in the city's Main Festival.
Etymology
The word comes from Catalan gegant, which derives from Latin 'gigas' meaning 'giant', ultimately from Ancient Greek 'gigas'.
Memory Aid
Gegants sounds like 'giants' in English, which is exactly what these large festival figures are.