# apañar
## Asturian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /apaˈɲaɾ/ [a.paˈɲaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: a‧pa‧ñar

### Verb

apañar
* Alternative form of pañar

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* apanhar (reintegrationist)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /apaˈɲaɾ/ [a.paˈɲaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: a‧pa‧ñar

### Verb

apañar (first-person singular present apaño, first-person singular preterite apañei, past participle apañado)
* to pick up, to grab (with the hand)
* to gather, to collect
** 1555, Hernán Núñez, Refranes o proverbios en Romance:A quem Deus quer bem, o vento lle apaña a leñaTo the ones well loved by God, the wind fetches their firewood

#### Conjugation
### References

* 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
* “apañar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

From a- +‎ paño +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /apaˈɲaɾ/ [a.paˈɲaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: a‧pa‧ñar

### Verb

apañar (first-person singular present apaño, first-person singular preterite apañé, past participle apañado)
* (transitive) to fix, to mend
* (transitive) to pick up, to grab with the hand
* (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[.]

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* apañárselas
* apaño

#### Descendants

* → Catalan: apanyar

### Further reading

* “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