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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish apañar.
Pronunciation
- (Nordestino) IPA(key): /a.pɐ.ˈɲaː/
- Hyphenation: a‧pa‧nhar
Verb
apanhar (first-person singular present apanho, first-person singular preterite apanhei, past participle apanhado)
- (transitive) to collect, gather
- Synonyms: colher, coletar
- (transitive) to grab, pick up
- Synonyms: pegar, levantar
- to field (intercept or catch)
- (intransitive, or transitive with de) to receive a beating
- Synonyms: levar, surra
- (Brazil) to have hardships when trying to achieve an objective
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms