What does rapa in Italian mean?

What is the meaning of the word rapa in Italian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use rapa in Italian.

The word rapa in Italian means turnip, shaved head, bald head, dullard, block head, shave, crop, shave your hair, shave your head, draw blood from a stone, get blood out of a stone, kohlrabi, turnip greens, turnip greens, beet, celery root, meathead. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word rapa

turnip

sostantivo femminile (pianta erbacea commestibile) (plant)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Non ho mai mangiato rape.
I have never eaten turnips.

shaved head, bald head

sostantivo femminile (scherzoso (testa pelata)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Vedo che ti sei rasato i capelli; che bella rapa!
I see you cut your hair, what a bald head!

dullard, block head

sostantivo femminile (figurato (persona ottusa) (pejorative)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Non capisci nulla; sei proprio una rapa!
You don't understand anything, you're really a bonehead!

shave, crop

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (radere i capelli)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Mio padre mi rapa i capelli con il rasoio per risparmiare i soldi del parrucchiere.

shave your hair, shave your head

verbo riflessivo o intransitivo pronominale (radersi i capelli)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")
I soldati devono raparsi i capelli.

draw blood from a stone

get blood out of a stone

kohlrabi

turnip greens

sostantivo femminile (ortaggio)

turnip greens

sostantivo plurale femminile (ortaggio)

beet

sostantivo femminile (pianta, ortaggio)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

celery root

sostantivo maschile (pianta, ortaggio)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

meathead

(figurative)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

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