Noun: rapiña
Gender: f
Hyphenation: ra‧pi‧ña
| Singular f | rapiña |
| Plural f | rapiñas |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like rapiña
enlatadora,
gencianilla,
paletada,
interneurona,
palestra,
quinacridona,
uridina,
bacinilla,
sopaipilla,
histerectomía,
desaveniencia,
baicaleína,
mesanina,
delicatessen,
hipertrigliceridemia,
teleasistencia,
sequía,
serifa,
seroja,
sesera, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
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. See: Latin Nouns '
rapīna'.
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