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rapiña

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

References edit

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Further reading edit

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