nab

Significado (Inglés)

Verb

1. (informal, transitive) To seize, arrest or take into custody (a criminal or fugitive).
2. (informal, transitive) To grab or snatch something.
3. (Internet, transitive) To steal or copy another user's post.

Noun

1. The summit of a hill.
2. The cock of a gunlock.
3. The keeper, or box into which the lock is shot.

Conceptos

atrapar

capturar

agarrar

coger

pillar

asir

prender

agazapar

apiolar

apoderarse de

prenda

acertar

aprehender

apresar

arrestar

clavar

confiscar

dar con

dar en

detener

escaldar

percibir

Sinónimos

grab

snatch

seize

arrest

catch

apprehend

capture

grasp

nail

clutch

pinch

collar

grapple

hook

🪝

pick up

get hold of

take

nick

grip

cop

👮

lag

nap

nibble

nip

nobble

notice

peck

perceive

poach

pop

rape

ravish

rifle

run across

run up against

scald

score

scrounge

snaffle

snag

snap

snap up

spoil

steal

sting

strike

surprise

take hold

take in charge

take into custody

Traducciones

schnappen

saisir

erwischen

afferrare

συλλαμβάνω

agafar

fassen

prendere

capturar

choper

اعتقل

greifen

αρπάζω

épingler

aangrijpen

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/næb/

Etimología (Inglés)

Cognado con danés: nappe

Cognado con sueco: nappa

Cognado con noruego bokmal: nappe

In summary

From dialectal nap (“to seize, lay hold of”), probably of North Germanic origin, from Old Swedish nappa (“to pluck, pinch”).
Related to Danish nappe (“to tweak, snatch at, catch, seize”), Swedish nappa (“to take, grab, pinch”), Norwegian Bokmål nappe (“to grab, snatch, pluck, yank”).