Etymology

UnknownCategory:Galician terms with unknown etymologies#GANAPAN.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aŋCategory:Rhymes:Galician/aŋ#GANAPANCategory:Rhymes:Galician/aŋ/3 syllables#GANAPAN
• Hyphenation: ga‧na‧pán

Noun

ganapán m (plural ganapáns)Category:Galician lemmas#GANAPANCategory:Galician nouns#GANAPANCategory:Galician countable nouns#GANAPANCategory:Galician nouns with red links in their headword lines#GANAPANCategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#GANAPANCategory:Galician masculine nouns#GANAPANCategory:Pages with entries#GANAPÁNCategory:Pages with 2 entries#GANAPÁN

1. a fishing hand net or landing net (small net that is equipped with a handle and attached to a rim so that the net forms a pouch)

   Synonyms: salabardo, trueiro, truel

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ganapan”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ganapán”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of gana (“to earn”)Category:Spanish links with redundant wikilinks#GANAPÁN +‎ pan (“bread”)Category:Spanish verb-object compounds#GANAPAN.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡanaˈpan/ [ɡa.naˈpãn]Category:Spanish 3-syllable words#GANAPANCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#GANAPAN
• Rhymes: -anCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/an#GANAPANCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/an/3 syllables#GANAPAN
• Syllabification: ga‧na‧pán

Noun

ganapán m (plural ganapanes)Category:Spanish lemmas#GANAPANCategory:Spanish nouns#GANAPANCategory:Spanish countable nouns#GANAPANCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#GANAPANCategory:Spanish masculine nouns#GANAPANCategory:Pages with entries#GANAPÁNCategory:Pages with 2 entries#GANAPÁN

1. odd-jobber
2. (derogatoryCategory:Spanish derogatory terms#GANAPAN) lout; brute

Further reading

• “ganapán”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025