raza

See also: Raza, rază, raža, ražā, and rażą

Asturian

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ra‧za

Noun

raza f (plural races)

1. race (a large group of people set apart from others on the basis of a common heritage)

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Ladin

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ra‧za

Noun

raza f (plural razes)

1. race (group of people)

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Livonian

Alternative forms

• (Courland) razā

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *rasva.

Noun

raza

1. fat

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• (Castiliian) IPA^(key): /ˈraθa/
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /ˈrasa/
• Hyphenation: ra‧za
• Homophone: rasa (Latin-America)

Etymology 1

Unknown. Possibly borrowed from Italian razza (compare other Romance cognates such as French race, Catalan, Occitan, and Portuguese raça).

Noun

raza f (plural razas)

1. race, ethnicity

   La raza — the people, mestizo (to denote national pride)

2. breed, strain, lineage

Related terms

• racismo
• racista

Etymology 2

From Old Spanish raça, from Vulgar Latin *radia, from Latin radius. Probably a doublet of raya.

Noun

raza f (plural razas)

1. cleft, fissure
2. beam of light, ray of light
3. crack (in a horse’s hoof)
4. stripe

Related terms

• raya
• rayo