rapinyar

Catalan

Etymology

From rapina, and earlier form of rapinya. The change of n to ny is probably due to the influence of other verbs ending in -inyar and in turn influenced the form of the noun. Cognate with Spanish rapiñar, which underwent a similar change.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rə.piˈɲa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ra.piˈɲaɾ]

Verb

rapinyar (first-person singular present rapinyo, first-person singular preterite rapinyí, past participle rapinyat)

1. to snatch, steal

   Synonym: robar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of rapinyar (first conjugation)

infinitive			rapinyar
gerund			rapinyant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		rapinyat		rapinyada
		plural		rapinyats		rapinyades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	rapinyo	rapinyes	rapinya	rapinyem	rapinyeu	rapinyen
	imperfect	rapinyava	rapinyaves	rapinyava	rapinyàvem	rapinyàveu	rapinyaven
	future	rapinyaré	rapinyaràs	rapinyarà	rapinyarem	rapinyareu	rapinyaran
	preterite	rapinyí	rapinyares	rapinyà	rapinyàrem	rapinyàreu	rapinyaren
	conditional	rapinyaria	rapinyaries	rapinyaria	rapinyaríem	rapinyaríeu	rapinyarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	rapinyi	rapinyis	rapinyi	rapinyem	rapinyeu	rapinyin
	imperfect	rapinyés	rapinyessis	rapinyés	rapinyéssim	rapinyéssiu	rapinyessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	rapinya	rapinyi	rapinyem	rapinyeu	rapinyin
	negative (no)	—	no rapinyis	no rapinyi	no rapinyem	no rapinyeu	no rapinyin

Derived terms

• rapinyador
• rapinyaire

Further reading

• “rapinyar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “rapinyar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “rapinyar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.