ralea

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See also: raleá

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /raˈlea/
  • Rhymes: -ea
  • Syllabification: ra‧le‧a

Etymology 1

From Old French ralée (going, rush of a hunting bird on its prey).

Noun

ralea f (plural raleas)

  1. (derogatory) type, sort, kind, ilk
    Synonym: laya
    rateros de diferente raleathieves of a different ilk
    • 2010-09-19, Editorial Radio YSUCA, Una derecha desfasada :
      Pero incluso sabiendo esto, son incapaces de crear un nuevo liderazgo, más abierto a nuestra realidad y más enfocado a vencer la desigualdad. Repiten la sopa recalentada de liderazgos viejos y traen al país —no sabemos si para renovarse— a personajes de la ralea de Micheletti.
      But, even aware of this, they are incapable of creating a new leadership more open to our reality and better focused to defeat inequality. they repeat the same reheated soup of old leaders and they bring (we're not sure if it's to renew themselves) people of Micheletti's ilk to the country.

Etymology 2

Verb

ralea

  1. inflection of ralear:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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