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apañar

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Asturian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /apaˈɲaɾ/, [a.paˈɲaɾ]

Verb

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apañar

  1. Alternative form of pañar

Galician

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

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Verb

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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

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From a- +‎ paño +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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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[1]:
      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[.]

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Descendants

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  • Catalan: apanyar

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