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afanar

/afaˈnaɾ/

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verb/afaˈnaɾ/

to steal, pinch; to be busy; to toil, to work hard

Ese taxista me quiso afanar.The taxi guy wanted to rip me off.

Unknown. Perhaps from Arabic فَنَاء (fanāʔ), although Vulgar Latin etymologies have also been suggested. Cognate with Italian affannare (“to leave breathless; vex”).