rallo

See also: Rallo, ralló, and rállò

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin Rallus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈral.lo/
• Rhymes: -allo
• Hyphenation: ràl‧lo

Noun

rallo m (plural ralli)

1. rail (bird of the family Rallidae)

   Synonym: porciglione

Anagrams

• allor, rolla

Latin

Adjective

rallō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of rallus

References

• "rallo", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈraʝo/ [ˈra.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): /ˈraʝo/ [ˈra.ʝo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /ˈraʎo/ [ˈra.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /ˈraʃo/ [ˈra.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ˈraʒo/ [ˈra.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

• Rhymes: -aʝo

• Rhymes: -aʝo (most of Spain and Latin America)
• Rhymes: -aʎo (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -aʒo (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Syllabification: ra‧llo
• Homophone: rayo

Etymology 1

From Latin rallum.

Noun

rallo m (plural rallos)

1. grater

   Synonym: rallador

Etymology 2

Verb

rallo

1. first-person singular present indicative of rallar

Further reading

• “rallo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025