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Desire, urge; from the Spanish verb ganar, to win or gain. The term was popularized among English speakers by the LA mathematics teacher Jaime Escalante as played by Edward James Olmos in the movie Stand and Deliver.
"You're going to work harder here than you've ever worked anywhere else. And the only thing I ask from you is ganas. Desire... If you don't have the ganas, I will give it to you, because I'm an expert." (from Stand and Deliver)
ganas by jcomeau_ictx May 13, 2013
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guts... or gonads... your GANAS define your abilities as a man... if you have no ganas, or gonads... you are a gayfer, I.E. vince...
jeez... brewski would sure benefit from a good influx of ganas right about now, maybe he might have enough ganas then to go get jordan and make her deserve.
GANAS by Big Johnson February 19, 2005

échale ganas 

To work hard for something, in other terms, to give something your all. People say it to others as motivation to reach a goal.
Hijo: Es que ahorita en la escuela no me está yendo bien, Pa. No se que hacer.

Padre: Pues échale ganas mijo! Tú lo puedes lograr.
échale ganas by kittycatlovr4 April 25, 2024

richard gaas 

An extremely good looking guy. Who you wanted to make out with in high school, but couldn't because he was always taken.
Me: Oh gosh Whitney, I really want to make out with that guy.
Whitney: Sorry, girl he's Richard Gaas
richard gaas by carrie86 June 4, 2016

Gangscrape 

Teaming up to beat someone up, jumping someone as a group
Yo, the avengers gangscraped that robot.
Gangscrape by wheretheweedat June 5, 2015

Pom Gana 

A broken english sentence used by the bengali youth. It means "From Ghana" but is more commonly used as a reference to Ananta Jalil(the director who is the origin for this line). it is even used as a bengali alternative to "my niggah" or to describe swag such as gangnam style
Friend 1:dost tui kamon asos?
Friend 2: bhalo asi, ami tor homeworker help ta kori ditesi akhon
Friend 1: dost tui to ashole pom gana.

ganachefied

'ga-nosh-e-fied' - the act of being sculpted of out of cake and ganache.
Cake artists sculpting a life-like cake out of cake and ganache. 'Leslie was ganachefied tonight and then eaten by the audience.'
ganachefied by artedibles April 25, 2012
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