raso

See also: Raso, rasò, rašo, and řaso

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈraso]

Noun

raso f

1. vocative singular of rasa

Esperanto

Etymology

Ultimately from Italian razza, likely borrowed from its Germanic and Slavic descendants; compare German Rasse, Polish rasa, Russian раса (rasa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈraso/

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• Rhymes: -aso
• Syllabification: ra‧so

Noun

raso (accusative singular rason, plural rasoj, accusative plural rasojn)

1. race (large group of people distinguished from others based on common heritage or physical characteristics)

   Synonyms: etno, gento

   Hypernym: homaro

2. (biology, zoology) breed (subspecies or mating group of animals or plants)

   Synonym: subspecio

Derived terms

• rasa (“racial”)
• rase (“racially”)
• rasismo (“racism”)

Further reading

• “raso”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “raso”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin rāsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈraso̝/

Adjective

raso (feminine rasa, masculine plural rasos, feminine plural rasas)

1. flat, level

Noun

raso m (plural rasos)

1. plain

Derived terms

• arrasar
• Rasa
• rasar
• raseira
• Rasela

Related terms

• Rasa
• Rasela

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “raso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “raso”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “raso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “raso”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “raso”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.zo/, (traditional) /ˈra.so/
• Rhymes: -azo, (traditional) -aso
• Hyphenation: rà‧so

Etymology 1

From Latin rāsus.

Participle

raso (feminine rasa, masculine plural rasi, feminine plural rase)

1. past participle of radere

Adjective

raso (feminine rasa, masculine plural rasi, feminine plural rase)

1. shaven, cropped
2. full to the brim
3. (turned into a preposition, with muro (“wall”) or terra (“ground”)): very close to, grazing, flush

   Camminare una giornata intera con i piedi raso terra mi causa sempre mal di schiena.

   Walking a whole day with feet close to the ground always gives me back pain.

See also

• pieno

Noun

raso m (plural rasi)

1. synonym of satin: satin

Related terms

• rasare
• rasoio

Etymology 2

Verb

raso

1. first-person singular present indicative of rasare

Anagrams

• Rosa, Sora, arso, orsa, rosa, sarò

Kelantan Peranakan Hokkien

Etymology

From Pattani Malay raso.

Noun

raso

1. feeling, sensation
2. taste

Verb

raso

1. to feel
2. to taste

Latin

Participle

rāsō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of rāsus

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀭𑀲𑁄 (Brahmi script)
• रसो (Devanagari script)
• রসো (Bengali script)
• රසො (Sinhalese script)
• ရသော or ရသေႃ (Burmese script)
• รโส or ระโส (Thai script)
• ᩁᩈᩮᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ຣໂສ or ຣະໂສ (Lao script)
• រសោ (Khmer script)
• 𑄢𑄥𑄮 (Chakma script)

Noun

raso

1. nominative singular of rasa (“taste”)

Pattani Malay

Etymology

Derived from Malay rasa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣasɔ/

Noun

raso

1. feeling, sensation
2. taste

Verb

raso

1. to feel

   Peroʔ dió raso sakeʔ

   His stomach is feeling hurt

2. to taste

Descendants

• Kelantan Peranakan Hokkien: raso

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese raso, from Latin rāsus. Doublet of rés, via Old French.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁa.zu/ [ˈha.zu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁa.zu/ [ˈha.zu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁa.zu/ [ˈχa.zu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁa.zu/

• Rhymes: -azu

Adjective

raso (feminine rasa, masculine plural rasos, feminine plural rasas)

1. shallow
2. flat

Related terms

• raer / rer
• rascar
• raseiro
• rasoira / rasoura

Further reading

• “raso”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “raso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈraso/ [ˈra.so]
• Rhymes: -aso
• Syllabification: ra‧so

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish raso, from Latin rāsus, perfect passive participle of rādō, whence English raze.

Noun

raso m (plural rasos)

1. (textiles) satin (cloth woven from silk, nylon or polyester with a glossy surface and a dull back)

   Synonyms: satén, (obsolete) aceytuni

2. the open; the wild (an exposed location)

   dormir al raso ― to sleep out in the open

Adjective

raso (feminine rasa, masculine plural rasos, feminine plural rasas)

1. flat, level (having no variations in height)
2. level (parallel to a flat ground)
3. (originally military) having no echelon, rank, etc.

   soldado raso ― private

   desarrollador raso ― junior developer

Derived terms

• a campo raso
• al raso
• cielo raso
• rasar
• rasear
• soldado raso

Related terms

• raer
• rascar
• rasura

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

raso

1. first-person singular present indicative of rasar

Further reading

• “raso”, 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

Anagrams

• osar, rosa

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• daso — obsolete

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish raso, from Latin rāsus.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈɾaso/ [ˈɾaː.so]
• Rhymes: -aso
• Syllabification: ra‧so

Noun

raso (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜐᜓ)

1. satin

   Synonym: satin

See also

• sutla

Further reading

• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 493
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎^[1] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag., page 512: “Raſo) Daſo (pp) C. q̃ traen de china”

Tocharian B

Noun

raso m

1. span (unit of length)