Meaning
to kidnap, to abduct
- to kidnap or abduct
- to captivate
In a sentence
Hanno rapito il cane del mio vicino ieri.
They kidnapped my neighbor's dog yesterday.
Quel film mi ha rapito dall'inizio alla fine.
That movie captivated me from start to finish.
Perché vuoi rapire sempre tutta l'attenzione?
Why do you always want to capture all the attention?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| rapire | infinitive |
| rapiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| rapisco | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| rapite | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| rapisci | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| rapiscono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| rapisce | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| rapivamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| rapivo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| rapivate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| rapivi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| rapivano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| rapiva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| rapimmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| rapii | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| rapiste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| rapisti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| rapirono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| rapì | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| rapiremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| rapirò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| rapirete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| rapirai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| rapiranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| rapirà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| rapiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| rapisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| rapiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| rapisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| rapiscano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| rapisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| rapissimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| rapissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| rapiste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| rapissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| rapissero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| rapisse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| rapiremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| rapirei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| rapireste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| rapiresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| rapirebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| rapirebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| rapiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| rapite | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| rapisci | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| rapendo | gerund |
| rapito | past · participle |
Usage notes
- For criminal contexts, rapire is standard. Sequestrare is more formal/legal and often used in news or law.
- For emotional impact, rapire is literary or elevated. In everyday speech, conquistare or affascinare is often more natural.
- It takes avere in compound tenses: ha rapito, not è rapito when used as the active verb.