Online Language Dictionaries

rapiña

Principal Translations
Spanish		English
rapiña nf	(saqueo, pillaje, robo)	robbery n
	La mercancía del tráiler que se volcó en la carretera fue víctima de la rapiña.
	The merchandise in the trailer that was overturned on the highway fell victim to robbery.

Is something important missing? Report an error or suggest an improvement.

Principal Translations
Spanish		English
rapiñar⇒ vtr	informal (arrebatar, quitar)	grab⇒ vtr
		snatch⇒ vtr
		steal⇒ vtr

Is something important missing? Report an error or suggest an improvement.

Compound Forms: rapiña | rapiñar
Spanish		English
ave de rapiña, ave de presa, ave rapaz loc nom f	(carnívora)	bird of prey n
Note: Inmediatamente antes de un sustantivo femenino singular que empiece con «a» o «ha» tónicas, se emplean los artículos «el» y «un».
	Son aves de rapiña las águilas y los halcones, pero también los búhos y las lechuzas.
	Eagles and falcons are birds of prey, but so are owls.
ave de rapiña loc nom f	figurado (acosador) (figurative)	bird of prey n
	(figurative)	vulture n
Note: Inmediatamente antes de un sustantivo femenino singular que empiece con «a» o «ha» tónicas, se emplean los artículos «el» y «un».
	Se agolpan entorno a la nueva chica como aves de rapiña.
	They crowded around the new girl like birds of prey.

Is something important missing? Report an error or suggest an improvement.

Forum discussions with the word(s) "rapiña" in the title:

• Go to Preferences page and choose from different actions for taps or mouse clicks.

See Google Translate's machine translation of 'rapiña'.

In other languages: French | Portuguese | Italian | German | Dutch | Swedish | Polish | Romanian | Czech | Greek | Turkish | Chinese | Japanese | Korean | Arabic