ralo

Galician

Etymology 1

Perhaps from or related to Medieval Latin rallus. Compare English rail.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈralʊ]

Noun

ralo m (plural ralos)

  1. tawny owl (Strix aluco)
    Synonyms: avelaiona, paxaro da morte

Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese *rãelo, from a Proto-Galician ranello: ra + -elo, "little frog". Cognate with Portuguese ralo.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈralʊ]

Noun

ralo m (plural ralos)

  1. mole cricket (Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa)
    Synonym: grilo ceboleiro

References

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʁa.lu/ [ˈha.lu]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈʁa.lu/ [ˈχa.lu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʁa.lo/ [ˈha.lo]

  • Rhymes: -alu
  • Hyphenation: ra‧lo

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese ralo, from Latin rallum (scraper).

Noun

ralo m (plural ralos)

  1. drain (hole allowing liquid to flow out of a container)
  2. grater
    Synonym: ralador
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese ralo, from Latin rārus (rare). Doublet of raro.

Adjective

ralo (feminine rala, masculine plural ralos, feminine plural ralas)

  1. sparse (few and far apart)

Noun

ralo m (plural ralos)

  1. (Portugal) mole cricket (any of the large burrowing crickets of the family Gryllotalpidae)
    Synonyms: grilo-toupeira, (Brazil) paquinha, (Brazil) cachorrinho-da-terra

Verb

ralo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of ralar

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ordlo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /râlo/
  • Hyphenation: ra‧lo

Noun

rȁlo n (Cyrillic spelling ра̏ло)

  1. plow
  2. plowshare

Declension

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ordlo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ràːlɔ/

Noun

rálo n

  1. plough

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Neuter, hard
nom. sing. rálo
gen. sing. rála
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
rálo ráli rála
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
rála rál rál
dative
(dajȃlnik)
rálu ráloma rálom
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
rálo ráli rála
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
rálu rálih rálih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
rálom ráloma ráli

Further reading

  • ralo”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish ralo, from Latin rārus. Doublet of raro.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈralo/ [ˈra.lo]
  • Rhymes: -alo
  • Syllabification: ra‧lo

Adjective

ralo (feminine rala, masculine plural ralos, feminine plural ralas)

  1. scarce, uncommon
  2. sparse

Further reading

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