snatch

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• /snæt͡ʃ/
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From Middle English snacchen, snecchen (“to snap; seize”), from Old English *snæċċan, *sneċċan, from Proto-West Germanic *snakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *snakjaną (“to whiff, sniff, catch wind of; to taste-test, nibble”), related to Proto-Germanic *snakōną (“to breathe, blow, sigh”) and *snakkōną (“to blather, jabber, chatter”). Cognate with Middle Dutch snacken (“to snap [of a dog]”), Norwegian Nynorsk snaka (“to snatch [of animals]”). Related also to Dutch snakken (“to sob, pant, long for”), Low German snacken (“to chatter”), German schnacken (“to chat”), Danish snakke (“to chat”) and Norwegian snakke (“to chat”). Related to snack.

186 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: грабване (grabvane) — quick grab or catch
• Bulgarian: сграбчване (sgrabčvane) — quick grab or catch
• Dutch: graai — quick grab or catch
• Occitan: arrancada — quick grab or catch
• Occitan: arrancament — quick grab or catch
• Occitan: arrancatge — quick grab or catch
• Armenian: պոկում (pokum) — competitive weightlifting event
• Bulgarian: изхвърляне (izhvǎrljane) — competitive weightlifting event
• Catalan: arrencada — competitive weightlifting event
• Chinese Mandarin: 抓舉 /抓举 (zhuājǔ) — competitive weightlifting event
• Czech: trh — competitive weightlifting event
• Finnish: tempaus — competitive weightlifting event
• French: arraché — competitive weightlifting event
• German: Reißen — competitive weightlifting event
• Hungarian: szakítás — competitive weightlifting event
• Japanese: スナッチ (sunatchi) — competitive weightlifting event
• Korean: 인상 (insang) — competitive weightlifting event
• Korean: 스내치 (seunaechi) — competitive weightlifting event
• Māori: hikitahi — competitive weightlifting event
• Occitan: arrancada — competitive weightlifting event
• Polish: rwanie — competitive weightlifting event
• Russian: рыво́к (ryvók) — competitive weightlifting event
• Spanish: arrancada — competitive weightlifting event
• Spanish: arranque — competitive weightlifting event
• Turkish: koparma — competitive weightlifting event
• Bulgarian: откъс (otkǎs) — piece of sound
• Czech: úryvek — piece of sound
• Czech: útržek — piece of sound
• Czech: zlomek — piece of sound
• Finnish: katkelma — piece of sound
• French: bribe — piece of sound
• Irish: binsín ceoil — piece of sound
• Irish: bonnán ceoil — piece of sound
• Irish: bonnán d'amhrán — piece of sound
• Irish: cuach cheoil — piece of sound
• Irish: cuaichín cheoil — piece of sound
• Irish: spallaíocht cheoil — piece of sound
• Māori: pītau — piece of sound
• Māori: pītautau — piece of sound
• Swedish: snutt — piece of sound
• Bulgarian: путка (putka) — vagina
• Dutch: doos — vagina
• Portuguese: buceta — vagina
• Swedish: murra — vagina
• Swedish: fitta — vagina
• Swedish: mutta — vagina
• Swedish: kussimurra — vagina
• Bulgarian: грабвам (grabvam) — to grasp quickly
• Czech: chňapnout — to grasp quickly
• Czech: čapnout — to grasp quickly
• Danish: snuppe — to grasp quickly
• Dutch: grissen — to grasp quickly
• Esperanto: ekkapti — to grasp quickly
• Finnish: napata — to grasp quickly
• Finnish: siepata — to grasp quickly
• French: empoigner — to grasp quickly
• French: happer — to grasp quickly
• French: saisir — to grasp quickly
• Galician: ripar — to grasp quickly
• Galician: rispar — to grasp quickly
• Greek: αρπάζω (arpázo) — to grasp quickly
• Ancient Greek: ἁρπάζω (harpázō) — to grasp quickly
• Hindi: छीनना (chīnnā) — to grasp quickly
• Hungarian: kap — to grasp quickly
• Hungarian: felkap — to grasp quickly
• Hungarian: megragad — to grasp quickly
• Indonesian: kedut — to grasp quickly
• Ingrian: nopata — to grasp quickly
• Ingrian: napata — to grasp quickly
• Irish: sciob — to grasp quickly
• Italian: agguantare — to grasp quickly
• Kabuverdianu: rabata — to grasp quickly
• Kabuverdianu: rebatá — to grasp quickly
• Latin: rapiō — to grasp quickly
• Latin: corripiō (-iō 3rd conjugation) — to grasp quickly
• Māori: kapo — to grasp quickly
• Eastern Mari: авалташ (avaltaš) — to grasp quickly
• Occitan: emponhar — to grasp quickly
• Occitan: sasir — to grasp quickly
• Occitan: agantar — to grasp quickly
• Occitan: aganchar — to grasp quickly
• Occitan: atrapar — to grasp quickly
• Persian: گرفتن (gereftan) — to grasp quickly
• Portuguese: agarrar — to grasp quickly
• Russian: хвата́ть (xvatátʹ) — to grasp quickly
• Russian: схвати́ть (sxvatítʹ) — to grasp quickly
• Spanish: agarrar — to grasp quickly
• Bulgarian: сграбчвам (sgrabčvam) — to grab something without permissions or by force
• Czech: ukrást — to grab something without permissions or by force
• Czech: sebrat — to grab something without permissions or by force
• Czech: vytrhnout — to grab something without permissions or by force
• Czech: vyrvat — to grab something without permissions or by force
• Galician: ripar — to grab something without permissions or by force
• Ancient Greek: ἁρπάζω (harpázō) — to grab something without permissions or by force
• Hungarian: kitép — to grab something without permissions or by force
• Hungarian: kiragad — to grab something without permissions or by force
• Indonesian: rebut — to grab something without permissions or by force
• Indonesian: kedut — to grab something without permissions or by force
• Irish: sciob — to grab something without permissions or by force
• Latin: rapiō — to grab something without permissions or by force
• Latin: surpō — to grab something without permissions or by force
• Māori: kōhaki — to grab something without permissions or by force
• Māori: kōwhaki — to grab something without permissions or by force
• Middle English: grippen — to grab something without permissions or by force
• Middle English: gripen — to grab something without permissions or by force
• Occitan: agantar — to grab something without permissions or by force
• Occitan: sasir — to grab something without permissions or by force
• Swedish: roffa åt — to grab something without permissions or by force
• Bulgarian: изтръгвам (iztrǎgvam) — to grasp and remove
• Catalan: arrabassar — to grasp and remove
• Chinese Mandarin: 搶走 /抢走 (qiǎngzǒu) — to grasp and remove
• Chinese Mandarin: 搶 /抢 (qiǎng) — to grasp and remove
• Chinese Mandarin: 搶奪 /抢夺 (qiǎngduó) — to grasp and remove
• Chinese Mandarin: 奪 /夺 (duó) — to grasp and remove
• Esperanto: forkapti — to grasp and remove
• Finnish: napata — to grasp and remove
• Finnish: siepata — to grasp and remove
• French: arracher — to grasp and remove
• French: enlever (brusquement) — to grasp and remove
• German: reißen — to grasp and remove
• Greek: αρπάζω (arpázo) — to grasp and remove
• Hungarian: kikap — to grasp and remove
• Irish: sciob — to grasp and remove
• Japanese: 奪う (ubau) — to grasp and remove
• Lithuanian: nuplėšti — to grasp and remove
• Māori: tatango — to grasp and remove
• Māori: kōwhaki — to grasp and remove
• Norwegian Nynorsk: nappa — to grasp and remove
• Norwegian Nynorsk: triva — to grasp and remove
• Norwegian Nynorsk: rykkja — to grasp and remove
• Occitan: arrapar — to grasp and remove
• Occitan: arrancar — to grasp and remove
• Russian: выхва́тывать (vyxvátyvatʹ) — to grasp and remove
• Russian: вы́хватить (výxvatitʹ) — to grasp and remove
• Spanish: arrebatar — to grasp and remove
• Spanish: rebatar — to grasp and remove
• Spanish: arranchar — to grasp and remove
• Bulgarian: открадвам (otkradvam) — to steal
• Catalan: arrabassar — to steal
• Chinese Mandarin: 夺走 (duózǒu) — to steal
• Chinese Mandarin: 偷走 (tōuzǒu) — to steal
• Czech: ukrást — to steal
• Dutch: afpakken — to steal
• Dutch: wegpikken — to steal
• Dutch: graaien — to steal
• Dutch: weggraaien — to steal
• Finnish: näpistää — to steal
• Finnish: napata — to steal
• Finnish: siepata — to steal
• French: s'emparer de — to steal
• French: voler — to steal
• French: piquer — to steal
• French: arracher — to steal
• German: klauen — to steal
• German: stehlen — to steal
• Greek: αρπάζω (arpázo) — to steal
• Greek: κλέβω (klévo) — to steal
• Hindi: छीनना (chīnnā) — to steal
• Hungarian: lop — to steal
• Hungarian: ellop — to steal
• Ido: kaptar — to steal
• Italian: scippare — to steal
• Japanese: 奪う (ubau) — to steal
• Occitan: panar — to steal
• Occitan: raubar — to steal
• Russian: стащи́ть (staščítʹ) — to steal
• Spanish: arrebatar — to steal
• Spanish: apandar — to steal
• Spanish: gabelar — to steal
• Swedish: sno — to steal
• Swedish: knycka — to steal
• Swedish: tjuva — to steal
• Bulgarian: извоювам (izvojuvam) — to snatch a victory
• Finnish: napata — to snatch a victory
• French: arracher (la victoire) — to snatch a victory
• Italian: strappare — to snatch a victory
• Occitan: arrapar — to snatch a victory
• Finnish: vilkaista — to do quickly
• Finnish: haukata — to do quickly
• Finnish: siemaista — to do quickly
• Finnish: kulauttaa — to do quickly
• Finnish: kopata — to do quickly
• Finnish: napata — to do quickly
• Greek: αρπάζω (arpázo) — to do quickly
• Hungarian: bevág — to do quickly
• Hungarian: bedob — to do quickly