rapar

v.

1 to shave off (barba, bigote).

2 to give a close haircut, to cut someone's hair, to crop someone's hair very short, to scalp.

Rapamos a Ricardo We gave Richard a close haircut.

3 to rob.

El ladrón rapó a Ricardo The thief robbed Richard.

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rapar

► verbo transitivo

1 (afeitar) to shave

2 (pelo) to crop

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1. VT

1) [+ pelo] to crop; [+ barba] to shave

2) * (=arrebatar) to snatch *, pinch *

2.

See:

raparse

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verbo transitivo <cabeza> to shave; <pelo> to crop

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= shave.

Ex. And then he had nicked himself shaving, so badly that the styptic pencil had failed immediately to do its appointed task, delaying him so that he had to wolf down his breakfast, the eggs of which had on them a crust which he hated.

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* raparse = have + a close shave.

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verbo transitivo <cabeza> to shave; <pelo> to crop

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= shave.

Ex: And then he had nicked himself shaving, so badly that the styptic pencil had failed immediately to do its appointed task, delaying him so that he had to wolf down his breakfast, the eggs of which had on them a crust which he hated.

* raparse = have + a close shave.

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rapar [A1 ]

vt

1 ‹cabeza› to shave; ‹pelo› to crop

quería que me cortara las puntas, pero me rapó (fam); I just wanted a trim, but she ended up scalping me (colloq)

2 (Col fam) (arrebatar) to snatch

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rapar (conjugate rapar) verbo transitivo ‹cabeza› to shave;
‹pelo› to crop
rapar verbo transitivo to shave
rapar el pelo, to crop o cut sb's hair very short
'rapar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
pelar
English:
clippers
- crop

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rapar

♦ vt

1. Fam [cabeza] to shave;

lo raparon they gave him a crew cut;

lo raparon al cero they gave him a skinhead

2. [barba, bigote] to shave off

3. Col Fam [arrebatar] to snatch

♦ See also the pronominal verb raparse

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rapar

v/t pelo crop

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rapar vt

1) : to crop

2) : to shave

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rapar vb to shave

le raparon la cabeza they shaved all his hair off