ralea

See also: raleá

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raˈlea/ [raˈle.a]
• Rhymes: -ea
• Syllabification: ra‧le‧a

Etymology 1

From Old French ralée (“going, rush of a hunting bird on its prey”).

Noun

ralea f (plural raleas)

1. (derogatory) type, sort, kind, ilk

   Synonym: laya

   rateros de diferente ralea ― thieves of a different ilk

   • 2010-09-19, Editorial Radio YSUCA, Una derecha desfasada :

     Pero incluso sabiendo esto, son incapaces de crear un nuevo liderazgo, más abierto a nuestra realidad y más enfocado a vencer la desigualdad. Repiten la sopa recalentada de liderazgos viejos y traen al país —no sabemos si para renovarse— a personajes de la ralea de Micheletti.

     But, even aware of this, they [our right-wing politicians] are incapable of creating a new leadership more open to our reality and better focused to defeat inequality. [Instead,] they repeat the same reheated soup of old leaders and they bring (we're not sure if it's to renew themselves) people of Micheletti's ilk to the country.

Etymology 2

Verb

ralea

1. inflection of ralear:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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