raro

See also: Raro

'Are'are

Noun

raro

1. sky

Synonyms

• rararaa

References

• Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

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Galician

Etymology

Attested since the 14th century. Probably borrowed from Latin rārus, rather than inherited.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈraɾo̝/

Adjective

raro (feminine rara, masculine plural raros, feminine plural raras)

1. rare
2. thin, sparse
   • 1455, María del Carmen Sánchez Carrera (ed.), El Bajo Miño en el siglo XV. El espacio y los hombres. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 336:

     primeiramente que lle roçasen toda enderredor osilvar e mato hua braça que sobra sobre a dita vinna e mays en fondo dela apo quanto que estava muyto rara e em outros lugares que a ontrechatasem ou encasasem e que aestes chantamentos ou encasamentos que lle deytasen tres carros desterco e por quanto non fora arrendada que a cavasen toda en este mes de ianeiro primeiro que ven, sendo primeiramente rosado todo enderredor e o silvar e mato que sae por cima da dita vinna e de mays que daqui endeante desen cada vinna em cada hun anno duas cavas en sua sazon

3. scarce
   • c1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana, Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 150:

     son tã poucas et tã rraras [...]

     they are so few and so scarce [...]

Derived terms

• raramente
• rarear
• rareza

References

• “raro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• Template:R:DDLG
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• “raro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin rārus.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aro

Adjective

1. rare

Related terms

• raramente
• rarità

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) rārō

1. dative masculine singular of rārus
2. dative neuter singular of rārus
3. ablative masculine singular of rārus
4. ablative neuter singular of rārus

Adverb

rārō (comparative rārius, superlative rārissimē)

1. rarely, seldom.

References

• “raro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “raro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• raro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Portuguese

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Latin rārus. Compare ralo, an inherited doublet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʁa.ɾu/
• IPA^(key): /ˈha.ɾu/
• Hyphenation: ra‧ro

Adjective

2. rare (very uncommon)
4. exceptional; extraordinary (much better than average)
6. sparse (few and far apart)

Synonyms

• (exceptional): excepcional, extraordinário, notável, inusitado
• (sparse): ralo, esparso

Antonyms

• (rare): comum
• (sparse): denso

Related terms

• ralo
• rarear

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rārus. Doublet of the inherited ralo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈraɾo/ [ˈra.ɾo]

Adjective

raro (feminine rara, masculine plural raros, feminine plural raras) (superlative rarísimo)

1. strange or odd
2. rare

Derived terms

• más raro que un perro verde
• rara vez

 

Anagrams

• orar

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Tswana

Tswana cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : raro

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-tátʊ̀.

Numeral

raro

1. three