apañar

• IPA^(key): /apaˈɲaɾ/

apañar

1. Alternative form of pañar

• apanhar (reintegrationist)

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

• IPA^(key): /apaˈɲaɾ/

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

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “apannar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “apanar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “apañar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “apañar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “apañar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From a- +‎ paño +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /apaˈɲaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧pa‧ñar

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

• → Catalan: apanyar

• “apañar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10