rapiña

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See also: rapina and rapiñá

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /raˈpiɲa/ [raˈpi.ɲa]
  • Rhymes: -iɲa
  • Syllabification: ra‧pi‧ña

Etymology 1[edit]

From older Old Spanish rapina, borrowed from Latin rapīna, from rapiō (cf. also Old Spanish rabir). The -ñ- was due to influence from rapiñar, or possibly from an older Portuguese form.[1]

Noun[edit]

rapiña f (plural rapiñas)

  1. rapine, pillage
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Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

rapiña

  1. inflection of rapiñar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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