rallar

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Swedish rallare, thought to have risen from English railway.

Noun

rallar m (definite singular rallaren, indefinite plural rallarer, definite plural rallarene)

  1. (historical) travelling construction worker (especially railwaymen)
  2. (derogatory) tramp

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Swedish rallare, thought to have risen from English railway.

Noun

rallar m (definite singular rallaren, indefinite plural rallarar, definite plural rallarane)

  1. (historical) travelling construction worker (especially railwaymen)
  2. (derogatory) tramp

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

rallar

  1. present of ralla

References

Spanish

Etymology

From rallo +‎ -ar, from Latin rallum (“scraper”).

Pronunciation
 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /raˈʝaɾ/ [raˈʝaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /raˈʎaɾ/ [raˈʎaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /raˈʃaɾ/ [raˈʃaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /raˈʒaɾ/ [raˈʒaɾ]

  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ra‧llar
  • Homophone: (yeísmo) rayar

Verb

rallar (first-person singular present rallo, first-person singular preterite rallé, past participle rallado)

  1. (transitive) to grate, shred

Conjugation
    Conjugation of rallar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive rallar
gerund rallando
past participle masculine feminine
singular rallado rallada
plural rallados ralladas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present rallo rallastú
rallásvos		 ralla rallamos ralláis rallan
imperfect rallaba rallabas rallaba rallábamos rallabais rallaban
preterite rallé rallaste ralló rallamos rallasteis rallaron
future rallaré rallarás rallará rallaremos rallaréis rallarán
conditional rallaría rallarías rallaría rallaríamos rallaríais rallarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present ralle rallestú
rallésvos2		 ralle rallemos ralléis rallen
imperfect
(ra)		 rallara rallaras rallara ralláramos rallarais rallaran
imperfect
(se)		 rallase rallases rallase rallásemos rallaseis rallasen
future1 rallare rallares rallare ralláremos rallareis rallaren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative rallatú
rallávos		 ralle rallemos rallad rallen
negative no ralles no ralle no rallemos no ralléis no rallen

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of rallar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive rallar
dative rallarme rallarte rallarle, rallarse rallarnos rallaros rallarles, rallarse
accusative rallarme rallarte rallarlo, rallarla, rallarse rallarnos rallaros rallarlos, rallarlas, rallarse
with gerund rallando
dative rallándome rallándote rallándole, rallándose rallándonos rallándoos rallándoles, rallándose
accusative rallándome rallándote rallándolo, rallándola, rallándose rallándonos rallándoos rallándolos, rallándolas, rallándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative ralla
dative rállame rállate rállale rállanos not used rállales
accusative rállame rállate rállalo, rállala rállanos not used rállalos, rállalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative rallá
dative rallame rallate rallale rallanos not used rallales
accusative rallame rallate rallalo, rallala rallanos not used rallalos, rallalas
with formal second-person singular imperative ralle
dative rálleme not used rállele, rállese rállenos not used rálleles
accusative rálleme not used rállelo, rállela, rállese rállenos not used rállelos, rállelas
with first-person plural imperative rallemos
dative not used rallémoste rallémosle rallémonos rallémoos rallémosles
accusative not used rallémoste rallémoslo, rallémosla rallémonos rallémoos rallémoslos, rallémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative rallad
dative ralladme not used ralladle ralladnos rallaos ralladles
accusative ralladme not used ralladlo, ralladla ralladnos rallaos ralladlos, ralladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative rallen
dative rállenme not used rállenle rállennos not used rállenles, rállense
accusative rállenme not used rállenlo, rállenla rállennos not used rállenlos, rállenlas, rállense

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