apañar

See also: apanar

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /apaˈɲaɾ/

Verb

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

     for the ones well loved by God, the wind collects their firewood

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “apanar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “apañar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Spanish

Etymology

From a- +‎ paño +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /apaˈɲaɾ/ [a.paˈɲaɾ]

Verb

1. to fix, to mend
2. to pick up, to grab with the hand
3. (reflexive) to get by, to manage

Derived terms

• apañárselas
• apaño

Further reading

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