ralo
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See also: ra lò
Etymology 1
Perhaps from or related to Medieval Latin rallus. Compare English rail.
Pronunciation
Noun
ralo m (plural ralos)
- 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
- relo, renlo
Pronunciation
Noun
ralo m (plural ralos)
- mole cricket (Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa)
- Synonym: grilo ceboleiro
Related terms
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ralo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ralo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ralo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
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Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -alu
- Hyphenation: ra‧lo
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese ralo, from Latin rallum (“scraper”).
Noun
ralo m (plural ralos)
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)
- sparse (few and far apart)
- 1977, Clarice Lispector, A hora da estrela [The Hour of the Star]:
- Estava meio bêbada, não sabia o que pensava, parecia que lhe tinham dado um forte cascudo na cabeça de ralos cabelos, sentia-se tão desorientada como se lhe tivesse acontecido uma infidelidade.
- She was half-drunk, she didn’t know what to think, it was like someone’d hit her hard on her head of little hair, she felt as disoriented as if she’d lost her memory.
- 1938, Graciliano Ramos, “Mudança [A New Home]”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives], Rio de Janeiro: Livraria José Olympio Editora, page 9:
- A folhagem dos joazeiros appareceu longe, atravez dos galhos pelados da catinga rala.
- The juazeiros’ foliage was visible in the distance, through the sparse caatinga brush’s bare branches.
Etymology 3
Noun
ralo m (plural ralos)
- (Portugal) mole cricket (any of the large burrowing crickets of the family Gryllotalpidae)
- Synonyms: grilo-toupeira, (Brazil) paquinha, (Brazil) cachorrinho-da-terra
Etymology 4
Verb
ralo
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Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ordlo.
Pronunciation
Noun
rȁlo n (Cyrillic spelling ра̏ло)
Declension
Declension of ralo
Further reading
- “ralo”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *ordlo.
Pronunciation
Noun
rálo n
Inflection
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Further reading
- “ralo”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
- “ralo”, in Termania, Amebis
- See also the general references
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Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish ralo, from Latin rārus. Doublet of raro.
Pronunciation
Adjective
ralo (feminine rala, masculine plural ralos, feminine plural ralas)
Further reading
- “ralo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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