afanar

v.

to pinch, to swipe (informal) (robar).

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afanar

► verbo transitivo

1 familiar (robar) to nick, pinch

► verbo pronominal afanarse

1 to work with zeal

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FRASEOLOGÍA

afanarse en to work hard at

afanarse por to strive to, do one's best to

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1. VT

1) * (=birlar) to pinch *, swipe *

2) CAm [+ dinero] to earn, make

3) (=acosar) to press, harass, bother; LAm (=empujar) to hustle

2.

See:

afanarse

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1.

verbo transitivo

1) (arg) (robar) to pinch (colloq)

2) (Col fam)

a) (apurar) to rush

b) (preocupar) to worry

3) (Per fam) <chica> to hit on (AmE colloq), to try to get off with (BrE colloq)

2.

afanarse v pron

1) (esforzarse) to work, toil

afanarse en or por + inf — to strive to + inf

2) (enf) (arg) (robar) to pinch (colloq)

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= rip off, heist, nick.

Ex. Thee reader is being ripped off by bookselling chains demanding so-called 'bungs' for prime space.

Ex. This can vary, however, as sometimes banks are robbed and armored cars heisted to forward their causes, but this was not Kahl's way of doing things.

Ex. It's more advisable to have a cheap and skanky bike for pootling around town, the idea being that no-one would want to nick a nasty looking bike.

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* afanarse = swipe.

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1.

verbo transitivo

1) (arg) (robar) to pinch (colloq)

2) (Col fam)

a) (apurar) to rush

b) (preocupar) to worry

3) (Per fam) <chica> to hit on (AmE colloq), to try to get off with (BrE colloq)

2.

afanarse v pron

1) (esforzarse) to work, toil

afanarse en or por + inf — to strive to + inf

2) (enf) (arg) (robar) to pinch (colloq)

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= rip off, heist, nick.

Ex: Thee reader is being ripped off by bookselling chains demanding so-called 'bungs' for prime space.

Ex: This can vary, however, as sometimes banks are robbed and armored cars heisted to forward their causes, but this was not Kahl's way of doing things.

Ex: It's more advisable to have a cheap and skanky bike for pootling around town, the idea being that no-one would want to nick a nasty looking bike.

* afanarse = swipe.

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afanar [A1 ]

vt

A (arg) (robar) to swipe (colloq), to nick (BrE colloq), to pinch (BrE colloq)

B (Col fam)

1 (apurar) to rush

¡afánale! (fam); get a move on! (colloq)

2 (preocupar) to worry

C (Per fam) ‹chica› to hit on (AmE colloq), to try to get off with (BrE colloq)

■ afanarse

v pron

A (esforzarse) to work, toil afanarse EN or POR + INF to strive to + INF afanarse POR QUE + SUBJ:

siempre se afana por que todos se sientan como en su casa she always goes to great pains o to a lot of trouble to make everyone feel at home

B (enf) (arg) (robar) ‹cigarrillos/radio› to swipe (colloq), to nick (BrE colloq), to pinch (BrE colloq)

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afanar vtr fam (hurtar) to nick, pinch: le afanaron la cartera, they pinched his wallet
'afanar' also found in these entries:
English:
nick
- rip

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afanar

♦ vt

Fam [robar] to pinch, to swipe

♦ See also the pronominal verb afanarse

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afanar

I v/i C.Am. (ganar dinero) make money

II v/t

1 C.Am.

dinero make

2 Rpl fam (robar) swipe fam, Br tb

pinch fam