titán

/tiˈtan/ · B2 · noun · m

colossus

🏗️ titán = Titan, a giant of Greek myth, so giants and huge cranes share the name

Spanish titán comes from the Greek Titans, the giant gods. Anything enormous gets the name, so a very large lifting crane is a titán too. The same word is also used as a slang term, but the core idea is giant.

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