Phrase guide

Don Juan

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˌdɒn ˈ(h)wɑːn/
  • /ˌdɒn ˈdʒʊən/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A man who obsessively seduces women.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • James has three girlfriends; he's a real Don Juan.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: philanderer, Lothario, adulterer, bed-hopper, carpetmonger, chamberer, debauchee, debaucher, fornicator, gallant, lecher, lewdster, libertine, hood rat, rake, rantipole, rizzler, roué, player, seducer, voluptuary, wanton, benedick, cad, drabber, fuck boy, fuck-boy, fuckboy, goat, he-bitch, himbo, homme fatal, horndog, loverboy, loverman, man ho, man whore, man-whore, manslut, manwhore, muttonmonger, pimp, playboy, rakehell, rip, rolling stone, rover, salty dog, satyriasist, satyromaniac, satyr, shag bandit, sleaze, smell-smock, striker, stringer, stud, swordsman, tart, tomcat, whoremonger

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

any successful womanizer (after the legendary profligate Spanish nobleman)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: womanizer, womaniser, philanderer

3

noun

Meaning 3

a legendary Spanish nobleman and philanderer who became the hero of many poems and plays and operas

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Lord, noble, nobleman

History

Etymology

After the legendary 14th-century Spanish nobleman Don Juan.

Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: دُون خُوَان (dūn ḵuwān) — a man who obsessively seduces women; a philanderer
  • Aragonese: donchuán — a man who obsessively seduces women; a philanderer
  • Chinese Mandarin: 唐璜 (táng huáng) — a man who obsessively seduces women; a philanderer
  • Dutch: Don Juan — a man who obsessively seduces women; a philanderer
  • Dutch: Casanova — a man who obsessively seduces women; a philanderer
  • Esperanto: donĵuano — a man who obsessively seduces women; a philanderer
  • Finnish: donjuan — a man who obsessively seduces women; a philanderer
  • French: don Juan — a man who obsessively seduces women; a philanderer
  • German: Don Juan — a man who obsessively seduces women; a philanderer
  • Greek: γυναικάς (gynaikás) — a man who obsessively seduces women; a philanderer
  • Hebrew: דון־חואן (don khuan) — a man who obsessively seduces women; a philanderer
  • Italian: dongiovanni — a man who obsessively seduces women; a philanderer
  • Japanese: ドンファン (danfan) — a man who obsessively seduces women; a philanderer
  • Japanese: 女垂らし (onna-tarashi) — a man who obsessively seduces women; a philanderer
  • Japanese: 女誑し (onna-tarashi) — a man who obsessively seduces women; a philanderer
  • Persian: دون ژوان (don žuân) — a man who obsessively seduces women; a philanderer
  • Polish: donżuan — a man who obsessively seduces women; a philanderer
  • Polish: lowelas — a man who obsessively seduces women; a philanderer
  • Polish: casanova — a man who obsessively seduces women; a philanderer
  • Polish: Romeo — a man who obsessively seduces women; a philanderer
  • Polish: bałamut — a man who obsessively seduces women; a philanderer
  • Polish: kobieciarz — a man who obsessively seduces women; a philanderer
  • Polish: uwodziciel — a man who obsessively seduces women; a philanderer
  • Portuguese: dom-juan — a man who obsessively seduces women; a philanderer
  • Romanian: Don Juan — a man who obsessively seduces women; a philanderer
  • Romanian: afemeiat — a man who obsessively seduces women; a philanderer
  • Russian: донжуа́н (donžuán) — a man who obsessively seduces women; a philanderer
  • Spanish: Don Juan — a man who obsessively seduces women; a philanderer
  • Spanish: donjuán — a man who obsessively seduces women; a philanderer
  • Swedish: tjejtjusare — a man who obsessively seduces women; a philanderer
  • Swedish: kvinnoförförare — a man who obsessively seduces women; a philanderer
  • Swedish: fruntimmerskarl — a man who obsessively seduces women; a philanderer
  • Thai: ดอนฮวน — a man who obsessively seduces women; a philanderer