santiamén

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin Spiritus Sancti Amen.

Noun

santiamén m (uncountable)

jiffy, jiff, flash, short time, moment, lickety-split

Derived terms

en un santiamén ("in a flash; in a jiffy; in the blink of an eye")

Further reading

“santiamén”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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