raptar
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin raptō, frequentative of raptō (“I abduct”).
Verb
raptar (first-person singular present rapto, first-person singular preterite raptí, past participle raptat)
Related terms
Further reading
- “raptar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from French rapt, Italian rapire, Spanish raptar, ultimately from Latin raptus, perfect passive participle of rapiō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rap.ˈtar/, /ɾap.ˈtaɾ/
Verb
raptar (present tense raptas, past tense raptis, future tense raptos, imperative raptez, conditional raptus)
Conjugation
| present | past | future | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | raptar | raptir | raptor | ||||
| tense | raptas | raptis | raptos | ||||
| conditional | raptus | — | — | ||||
| imperative | raptez | — | — | ||||
| adjective active participle | raptanta | raptinta | raptonta | ||||
| adverbial active participle | raptante | raptinte | raptonte | ||||
| nominal active participle |
singular | raptanto | raptinto | raptonto | |||
| plural | raptanti | raptinti | raptonti | ||||
| adjective passive participle | raptata | raptita | raptota | ||||
| adverbial passive participle | raptate | raptite | raptote | ||||
| nominal passive participle |
singular | raptato | raptito | raptoto | |||
| plural | raptati | raptiti | raptoti | ||||
Derived terms
- raptajo (“booty, plunder”)
- raptanto (“robber, brigand, bandit, highwayman; a single instance”)
- raptema (“rapacious”)
- raptemeso (“rapacity”)
- raptero (“robber, brigand, bandit, highwayman; on occasions”)
- raptisto (“robber, brigand, bandit, highwayman; sole income”)
- rapto (“rapine, pillage, kidnapping, highway robbery”)
- raptocido (“murder (attended) with robbery”)
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁa.piˈta(ʁ)/ [ha.piˈta(h)], /ʁapˈta(ʁ)/ [hapˈta(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ʁa.piˈta(ɾ)/ [ha.piˈta(ɾ)], /ʁapˈta(ɾ)/ [hapˈta(ɾ)]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁa.piˈta(ʁ)/ [χa.piˈta(χ)], /ʁapˈta(ʁ)/ [χapˈta(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁapˈta(ɻ)/ [hapˈta(ɻ)], /ʁa.piˈta(ɻ)/ [ha.piˈta(ɻ)]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɐˈptaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɐˈpta.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: rap‧tar
Verb
raptar (first-person singular present rapto, first-person singular preterite raptei, past participle raptado) (transitive)
- to abduct (capture and keep (someone) imprisoned, demanding something (usually money) in exchange for their life)
- to prey, snatch (take away with violence, take by force)
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms
Further reading
- “raptar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “raptar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin raptāre, frequentative of rapio, rapire, whence the inherited Old Spanish rabir.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rabˈtaɾ/ [raβ̞ˈt̪aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: rap‧tar
Verb
raptar (first-person singular present rapto, first-person singular preterite rapté, past participle raptado)
- to kidnap; to abduct
- Synonym: secuestrar
Conjugation
| infinitive | raptar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | raptando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | raptado | raptada | |||||
| plural | raptados | raptadas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | rapto | raptastú raptásvos |
rapta | raptamos | raptáis | raptan | |
| imperfect | raptaba | raptabas | raptaba | raptábamos | raptabais | raptaban | |
| preterite | rapté | raptaste | raptó | raptamos | raptasteis | raptaron | |
| future | raptaré | raptarás | raptará | raptaremos | raptaréis | raptarán | |
| conditional | raptaría | raptarías | raptaría | raptaríamos | raptaríais | raptarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | rapte | raptestú raptésvos2 |
rapte | raptemos | raptéis | rapten | |
| imperfect (ra) |
raptara | raptaras | raptara | raptáramos | raptarais | raptaran | |
| imperfect (se) |
raptase | raptases | raptase | raptásemos | raptaseis | raptasen | |
| future1 | raptare | raptares | raptare | raptáremos | raptareis | raptaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
| affirmative | raptatú raptávos |
rapte | raptemos | raptad | rapten | ||
| negative | no raptes | no rapte | no raptemos | no raptéis | no rapten | ||
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive raptar | dative | raptarme | raptarte | raptarle, raptarse | raptarnos | raptaros | raptarles, raptarse |
| accusative | raptarme | raptarte | raptarlo, raptarla, raptarse | raptarnos | raptaros | raptarlos, raptarlas, raptarse | |
| with gerund raptando | dative | raptándome | raptándote | raptándole, raptándose | raptándonos | raptándoos | raptándoles, raptándose |
| accusative | raptándome | raptándote | raptándolo, raptándola, raptándose | raptándonos | raptándoos | raptándolos, raptándolas, raptándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative rapta | dative | ráptame | ráptate | ráptale | ráptanos | not used | ráptales |
| accusative | ráptame | ráptate | ráptalo, ráptala | ráptanos | not used | ráptalos, ráptalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative raptá | dative | raptame | raptate | raptale | raptanos | not used | raptales |
| accusative | raptame | raptate | raptalo, raptala | raptanos | not used | raptalos, raptalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative rapte | dative | rápteme | not used | ráptele, ráptese | ráptenos | not used | rápteles |
| accusative | rápteme | not used | ráptelo, ráptela, ráptese | ráptenos | not used | ráptelos, ráptelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative raptemos | dative | not used | raptémoste | raptémosle | raptémonos | raptémoos | raptémosles |
| accusative | not used | raptémoste | raptémoslo, raptémosla | raptémonos | raptémoos | raptémoslos, raptémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative raptad | dative | raptadme | not used | raptadle | raptadnos | raptaos | raptadles |
| accusative | raptadme | not used | raptadlo, raptadla | raptadnos | raptaos | raptadlos, raptadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative rapten | dative | ráptenme | not used | ráptenle | ráptennos | not used | ráptenles, ráptense |
| accusative | ráptenme | not used | ráptenlo, ráptenla | ráptennos | not used | ráptenlos, ráptenlas, ráptense | |
Related terms
Further reading
- “raptar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024