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rapiña

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See also: rapina and rapiñá

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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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

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rapiña f (plural rapiñas)

  1. rapine, pillage
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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rapiña

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

References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “rapiña”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Further reading

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