rapista

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑpistɑˣ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑpistɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): ra‧pis‧ta

From Proto-Finnic *rabistak (compare Estonian rabisema, Livvi rabišta), probably from the same onomatopoeic root as rapea.

rapista

1. (intransitive) to patter, to rustle
2. (intransitive) to peel off, fall off in shakes, crumble

• rapina
• rapistella
• rapisuttaa

• “rapista”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

rapista

1. inflection of rapistaa:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

• parista, pisarat

From rapar +‎ -ista.

• IPA^(key): /raˈpista/
• Rhymes: -ista
• Syllabification: ra‧pis‧ta

rapista m or f by sense (plural rapistas)

1. barber

   Synonym: barbero

• Rapista is a false friend, and does not mean "rapist". The word for "rapist" in Spanish is violador.

• “rapista”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10