rapiña

See also: rapina and rapiñá

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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.

Noun

rapiña f (plural rapiñas)

1. rapine, pillage

Derived terms

• ave de rapiña

 

Related terms

• rapiñar
• raptar
• rapto

 

Etymology 2

Verb

rapiña

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

Further reading

• “rapiña”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014