rapiña
Spanish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom 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
editrapiña f (plural rapiñas)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editEtymology 2
editVerb
editrapiña
- inflection of rapiñar:
References
edit- ^ 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
edit- “rapiña”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16
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