rayo

See also: Rayo and rayó

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin radius.

Noun

rayo m (plural rayos)

1. ray

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “rayo”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

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Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *adayuq.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ra‧yo
• IPA^(key): /ɾaˈjoʔ/

Verb

rayô

1. to go far; remote; distant

   Antonym: rani

Derived terms

• harayo
• irayo
• magrayo
• pagkarayo

 

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Chavacano

Etymology

Derived from Spanish rayo (“a bolt of lightning”).

Noun

rayo

1. lightning

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Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈraʝo/, [ˈra.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈraʝo/, [ˈra.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈraʃo/, [ˈra.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈraʒo/, [ˈra.ʒo]

Audio (Colombia)

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Homophone: rallo

Etymology 1

From Old Spanish, inherited from Latin radius. Doublet of radio, a borrowing.

Noun

rayo m (plural rayos)

1. beam, ray

   Synonym: haz

2. a bolt of lightning

   Synonym: relámpago

Usage notes

• Rayos is used for the uncountable sense of lightning.

Derived terms

• pararrayos
• qué rayos
• rayo alfa
• rayo beta
• rayo gamma
• rayo X

 

Related terms

• raya
• rayar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

rayo

1. first-person singular present indicative of rayar

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

rayo

1. first-person singular present indicative of raer

Anagrams

• roya

Further reading

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