rapante

Perhaps from rampante (“rampant”), attracted by rapar (“to scratch”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /raˈpante̝/

rapante m (plural rapantes)

1. megrim, whiff

   Synonym: meiga

• rapar

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “rapante”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “rapante”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “rapante”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

rapante m or f (plural rapanti)

1. present participle of rapare

• pantera, parante, paterna, prenata, tarpane