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Galician
Verb
apaño
- first-person singular present indicative of apañar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈpaɲo/
- Rhymes: -aɲo
- Syllabification: a‧pa‧ño
Etymology 1
Deverbal from apañar (“to fix”).
Noun
apaño m (plural apaños)
- (colloquial) quick fix; patching up
1991 January 13, “Soluciones y apaños”, in El País, Madrid, →ISSN:Todos los implicados deberían hacer un esfuerzo para llegar a un acuerdo, aunque ninguno de ellos debería quedar satisfecho con este apaño, defendible sólo si se enmarca en una política global.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (colloquial) fling, on-off relationship
- (colloquial) person in an on-off relationship
Etymology 2
Verb
apaño
- first-person singular present indicative of apañar
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