tarzán
/taɾˈθan/ · B2 · noun · m
tarzan
🌴🦍 Sounds like TAR-zan: the jungle hero's name, now any rugged, muscular man
Spanish borrowed the name of Edgar Rice Burroughs' jungle hero Tarzan and uses it as a common noun. Call a strong, wild, attractive man a tarzán and link the word to the vine-swinging jungle hero.