On the island of Lanzarote, the verb fundar or fundarse is used with the meaning of 'to lean on'. Is it specific to the variety of Spanish spoken in the Canary Islands?
The use of the verb fundar in the islands of Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, and Gran Canaria, both in its transitive form (He cannot lean on his right foot because his ankle hurts) and pronominal form (Be careful, don't lean on the railing, it's loose) represents a particular specialization of the general uses of the verb fundar. Among the different meanings listed in the Dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy for the verb fundar, the 2nd one ("To rest, support, build some material thing on another") is the closest, referring only to the possibility of founding material things, but not, as happens in the cited examples from Canarian Spanish, animate beings or any of their parts. The examples given therefore constitute peculiar uses of our variety.
Our words
desandado
1. adj. Lz., GC., Tf. and LP. Restless, excited, boisterous. He's been restless for a few days, and I can't wait for his parents to come and take care of him.
2. adj. GC. Scatterbrained, dazed.
desarmar
1. v. The body becomes battered from a fall, overwork, or any other cause. Also used as a reflexive verb. He painted four rooms in one afternoon and was completely worn out.
2. v. To deteriorate or for something to fall into disrepair due to lack of maintenance. Also used as a reflexive verb. This house hasn't been lived in for a long time, and that's why it's all falling apart.
3. prnl. Lz. and GC. A person gains an excessive amount of weight. After he stopped exercising, he got fat.
Information on the location of words and meanings
Fv: Fuerteventura
GC: Gran Canaria
Go: La Gomera
Hi: El Hierro
LP: La Palma
Lz: Lanzarote
Occ: Western Islands (Tenerife, La Gomera, La Palma, and El Hierro)
Or: Eastern Islands (Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, and Gran Canaria)
Tf: Tenerife
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