apañado
Spanish, adjective
apañado is a Spanish adjective meaning “able; deft; capable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of apañar. Without its tilde, apanado is a different word: “past participle of apanar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que tiene habilidad y capacidad para resolver situaciones”.
What does apañado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
able; deft; capable
- 2
good enough; sufficient
verb
- 1
past participle of apañar
verb
- 1
past participle of apanar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que está cubierto de migas de pan, generalmente para ser freído o puesto al horno.
noun: 1. Proceso o resultado de apanar (impregnar de pan rallado).
verb: 1. Participio de apanar.
adjective: 1. Que tiene habilidad y capacidad para resolver situaciones. 2. Que es suficientemente bueno para realizar una tarea. 3. Referido a una persona, agradable a la vista
adjective: 1. Referido a un tejido, similar al paño
verb: 1. Participio de apañar o de apañarse.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of apañado
- apañada feminine
- apañados masculine plural
- apañadas feminine plural
- apanada feminine
- apanados masculine plural
- apanadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to apañado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is apañado in Spanish?
apañado appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).