rajar

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan rayar, rajar, from Latin radio. Doublet of radiar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rəˈʒa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [raˈd͡ʒaɾ]

Verb

rajar (first-person singular present rajo, first-person singular preterite ragí, past participle rajat)

1. (intransitive) to flow, to stream

Derived terms

• rajada

Related terms

• raig

Further reading

• “rajar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “rajar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “rajar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “rajar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Spanish

Etymology

Cross of rachar + ajar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raˈxaɾ/ [raˈxaɾ]

Verb

1. to split
2. to stab
3. (colloquial) to sound off, mouth off
4. (colloquial) to snitch, denounce
5. (reflexive, colloquial) to back down, chicken out
6. (reflexive, colloquial) to evade, elude (from a fight, discussion, confrontation, etc.)

Derived terms

• rajón

Further reading

• “rajar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014