apañar

See also: apanar

Asturian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /apaˈɲaɾ/, [a.paˈɲaɾ]

Verb

apañar

  1. Alternative form of pañar

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese apannar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria). Probably borrowed from Old Spanish apañar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /apaˈɲaɾ/

Verb

apañar (first-person singular present apaño, first-person singular preterite apañei, past participle apañado)

  1. to pick up, to grab (with the hand)
  2. to gather, to collect
    • 1555, Hernán Núñez, Refranes o proverbios en Romance:
      A quem Deus quer bem, o vento lle apaña a leña
      To the ones well loved by God, the wind fetches their firewood

Conjugation

References

  • apannar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • apanar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • apañar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • apañar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • apañar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Etymology

From a- + paño + -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /apaˈɲaɾ/ [a.paˈɲaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧pa‧ñar

Verb

apañar (first-person singular present apaño, first-person singular preterite apañé, past participle apañado)

  1. (transitive) to fix, to mend
  2. (transitive) to pick up, to grab with the hand
  3. (reflexive) to get by, to manage
    • 2022 July 29, George Hay, “Rusia pincha lentamente la industria alemana”, in Cinco Días:
      BASF y otras empresas pueden apañarse con menos gas, pero quizás trasladen producción al exterior[.]
      BASF and other companies can get by with less gas, but perhaps they will move production elsewhere[.]

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Catalan: apanyar

Further reading

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