arrapare
See also: arraparé
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Neapolitan arrapà, derive from "rapa" (turnip) because when the penis is in erection, the glans assume the rigidity and the size like a turnip.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ar.raˈpa.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: ar‧ra‧pà‧re
Verb
arrapàre (first-person singular present arràpo, first-person singular past historic arrapài, past participle arrapàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)
- (transitive, vulgar) to turn on, to arouse sexually
- (intransitive, vulgar) to be turned on, to be horny/randy [auxiliary essere]
Conjugation
Conjugation of arrapàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
1Transitive.
2Intransitive.
Derived terms
Further reading
- arrapare in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- arrapare in internazionale.it – Dizionario Italiano di Internazionale – Il Nuovo di Mauro
- arrapare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana