rapo

rapo

See also: Rapo, rapó, and rapò

English

Etymology

    From rape + -o.

    Noun

    rapo (plural rapos)

    1. (prison slang) A rapist.
      • 2006, Rita Rudner, Turning the Tables, page 105:
        Chomos and rapos, as prisoners referred to child molesters and rapists, were often accorded a prison justice far swifter and more violent []
      • 2008, Jacqueline B. Helfgott, Criminal Behavior: Theories, Typologies and Criminal Justice:
        [] politicians, characters, and prison toughs are considered upper middle class, square johns the middle class, and prison queens, rapos, and punks the lower class (Silverman, 2001).

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    Esperanto

    Etymology

    From Latin rāpum. Not to be confused with repo (rap; rapping).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈrapo/
    • Rhymes: -apo
    • Syllabification: ra‧po

    Noun

    rapo (accusative singular rapon, plural rapoj, accusative plural rapojn)

    1. turnip (Brassica rapa)

    See also

    • napo (rutabaga)

    Galician

    Verb

    rapo

    1. first-person singular present indicative of rapar

    Italian

    Verb

    rapo

    1. first-person singular present indicative of rapare

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    Latin

    Noun

    rāpō

    1. dative/ablative singular of rāpum

    References

    • rapo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • "rapo", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • rapo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

    Polish

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈra.pɔ/
    • Rhymes: -apɔ
    • Syllabification: ra‧po

    Noun

    rapo

    1. vocative singular of rapa

    Portuguese

    Pronunciation

    • Rhymes: -apu

    Verb

    rapo

    1. first-person singular present indicative of rapar

    Spanish

    Verb

    rapo

    1. first-person singular present indicative of rapar