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apaño

Spanish, noun

apaño is spelled A-P-A-Ñ-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 60,585th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Apaño is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “quick fix; patching up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of apañar. With a tilde, apañó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of apañar”. Without its tilde, apano is a different word: “first-person singular present indicative of apanar”. With an accent, apanó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of apanar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción y efecto de apañar”.

What does apaño mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    colloquialmasculinequick fix; patching up

  2. 2

    colloquialmasculinefling, on-off relationship

  3. 3

    colloquialmasculineperson in an on-off relationship

verb

  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of apañar

verb

as apañó
  1. 1

    third-person singular preterite indicative of apañar

verb

as apano
  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of apanar

verb

as apanó
  1. 1

    third-person singular preterite indicative of apanar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Acción y efecto de apañar. 2. Compostura, reparo o remiendo hecho en alguna cosa. 3. Disposición, maña o habilidad para hacer algo. 4. Respecto de una persona amancebada, la que lo está con ella.

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 apaño

  • apaños plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to apaño

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is apaño in Spanish?

apaño appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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