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English to Spanish Dictionary

snatch Meaning in Spanish (snatch significado en español)

verbarrebatar
nounarrebatón
Sinónimos:robarpillarcoger
arrebatar in English:snatch
Phonetic:a-rre-ba-tar
Plural: snatches
Quick Answer • Resumen

El significado de snatch en español es arrebatar, arrebatón. (Tomar algo de alguien de forma rápida y a menudo ilegal.)

Definitions of Snatch

  1. 1
    verb
    arrebatar

    To quickly and often illegally take something from someone's grasp or possession.

    Tomar algo de alguien de forma rápida y a menudo ilegal.

  2. 2
    noun
    arrebatón

    An act of quickly and often illegally taking something, or a small piece of something.

    Un acto de tomar algo de forma rápida y a menudo ilegal, o una pequeña porción de algo.

Example Sentences

casual

“The thief tried to snatch her purse.”

El ladrón intentó arrebatarle el bolso.

casual

“He managed to snatch a few hours of sleep.”

Logró arrebatar unas pocas horas de sueño.

casual

“She made a quick snatch for the ball.”

Hizo un rápido arrebatón para coger la pelota.

Synonyms (Sinónimos)

In Spanish:

robarpillarcoger

In English:

Antonyms (Antónimos)

In Spanish:

devolverdar

Inflected Word Forms

past tensesnatched
present participlesnatching
agent nounsnatcher

Phrases & Idiomatic Expressions

snatch victory from the jaws of defeatidiom

To win a game or competition that you seemed certain to lose.

snatch a quick bitecollocation

To eat a small meal quickly.

snatch a momentcollocation

To find a short period of time to do something.