raptar
Spanish, verb/rabˈtaɾ/
raptar is spelled R-A-P-T-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 68,358th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Raptar is a Spanish verb meaning “to kidnap; to abduct” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tomar por la fuerza o contra su voluntad a alguien con el fin de obtener algo a cambio”.
What does raptar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to kidnap; to abduct
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Tomar por la fuerza o contra su voluntad a alguien con el fin de obtener algo a cambio. 2. Llevarse uno o más hombres a una mujer de la casa y potestad de su familia. 3. Retener a alguien para fines sexuales a través de la fuerza, la intimidación o el engaño.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of raptar
- rapto first-person present singular
- rapté first-person preterite singular
- raptado participle past
- raptando gerund
- raptada feminine participle past
- raptados masculine participle past
- raptadas feminine participle past
- raptas indicative informal present
- raptás indicative informal present
- rapta indicative present singular
- raptamos first-person indicative plural
- raptáis indicative plural present
- raptan indicative plural present
- raptaba first-person imperfect indicative
- raptabas imperfect indicative second-person
- raptábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- raptabais imperfect indicative plural
- raptaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce raptar?
- /rabˈtaɾ/
- [raβ̞ˈt̪aɾ]
- [rapˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to raptar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is raptar in Spanish?
raptar appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).