arrapare
Appearance
See also: arraparé
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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.
Verb
[edit]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
[edit] Conjugation of arrapàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
1Transitive.
2Intransitive.
Further reading
[edit]- 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