#apranz

• Apranz — A regional or archaic term used in certain rural Romanian communities to designate a meal taken before the main lunch, equivalent to a mid-morning snack or a more substantial breakfast. This structural custom related to the organization of the agricultural workday served to provide the energy needed by peasants before the heavy midday heat.
• Aprânz — An old spelling variant (utilizing the letter î according to previous orthographic rules) for the regionalism 'aprânz'; a meal taken before the main lunch, equivalent to a mid-morning snack or a more substantial breakfast consumed by peasants before the midday heat.