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¿Qué significa "apañao"?

Aparentemente se usa exclusivamente en la región de Andalucía. Estaba hablando con alguien y dijo esa palabra pero no la pudo traducir.

¿Alguien sabe su significado y uso?


It is apparently used exclusively in the Andalucía region. I was talking with someone and he said the word but couldn't translate it.

Does someone know its meaning and usage?

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remember that in some regions, past perfect verbs sometimes lose the letter d in its conjugation, it is totally a slang, but its pretty common, even in written Spanish. example ganao ganado, cantao cantado – pacofvf Sep 21 '12 at 14:47

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Talking about people, apañado (colloquially "apañao") means mañoso:

Es un tío muy apañado. Se las arregla muy bien solo.

Talking about things, apañado means adecuado:

Tiene una casa muy apañada. No es grande, pero es muy cómoda.

apañado, da.

  1. adj. Hábil, mañoso para hacer algo.
  2. adj. coloq. Adecuado, a propósito para el uso a que se destina.

(DRAE)

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We use it too in Catalonia, but I think it's more usual in Andalucía.

Apañao is the shortening of Apañado, that is composed from apañar. The Real Academia Española defines it as:

apañado2, da. (Del part. de apañar). 1. adj. Hábil, mañoso para hacer algo.

That is, a person that is skilled or tricky to do something. If I have to translate it to english, probably I'll use resourceful.

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