rallar

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Swedish rallare, thought to have risen from English railway.

Noun

rallar m (definite singular rallaren, indefinite plural rallarer, definite plural rallarene)

(historical) travelling construction worker (especially railwaymen)
(derogatory) tramp

References

“rallar” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
“rallar” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Swedish rallare, thought to have risen from English railway.

Noun

rallar m (definite singular rallaren, indefinite plural rallarar, definite plural rallarane)

(historical) travelling construction worker (especially railwaymen)
(derogatory) tramp

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

rallar

present of ralla

References

“rallar” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
“rallar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Spanish

Etymology

From rallo +‎ -ar, from Latin rallum (“scraper”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /raˈʝaɾ/
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /raˈʎaɾ/
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /raˈʃaɾ/
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /raˈʒaɾ/

Audio (Colombia): (file)
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: ra‧llar
Homophone: (ll-y neutralization) rayar

Verb

rallar (first-person singular present rallo, first-person singular preterite rallé, past participle rallado)

(transitive) to grate, shred

Conjugation

Conjugation of rallar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			rallar
gerund			rallando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		rallado		rallada
		plural		rallados		ralladas
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	rallo	rallas^{^tú} rallás^{^vos}	ralla	rallamos	ralláis	rallan
	imperfect	rallaba	rallabas	rallaba	rallábamos	rallabais	rallaban
	preterite	rallé	rallaste	ralló	rallamos	rallasteis	rallaron
	future	rallaré	rallarás	rallará	rallaremos	rallaréis	rallarán
	conditional	rallaría	rallarías	rallaría	rallaríamos	rallaríais	rallarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	ralle	ralles^{^tú} rallés^{^vos²}	ralle	rallemos	ralléis	rallen
	imperfect (ra)	rallara	rallaras	rallara	ralláramos	rallarais	rallaran
	imperfect (se)	rallase	rallases	rallase	rallásemos	rallaseis	rallasen
	future¹	rallare	rallares	rallare	ralláremos	rallareis	rallaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		ralla^{^tú} rallá^{^vos}	ralle	rallemos	rallad	rallen
	negative		no ralles	no ralle	no rallemos	no ralléis	no rallen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Selected combined forms of rallar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive rallar	dative	rallarme	rallarte	rallarle, rallarse	rallarnos	rallaros	rallarles, rallarse
with infinitive rallar	accusative	rallarme	rallarte	rallarlo, rallarla, rallarse	rallarnos	rallaros	rallarlos, rallarlas, rallarse

with gerund rallando	dative	rallándome	rallándote	rallándole, rallándose	rallándonos	rallándoos	rallándoles, rallándose
with gerund rallando	accusative	rallándome	rallándote	rallándolo, rallándola, rallándose	rallándonos	rallándoos	rallándolos, rallándolas, rallándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative ralla	dative	rállame	rállate	rállale	rállanos	not used	rállales
with informal second-person singular tú imperative ralla	accusative	rállame	rállate	rállalo, rállala	rállanos	not used	rállalos, rállalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative rallá	dative	rallame	rallate	rallale	rallanos	not used	rallales
with informal second-person singular vos imperative rallá	accusative	rallame	rallate	rallalo, rallala	rallanos	not used	rallalos, rallalas

with formal second-person singular imperative ralle	dative	rálleme	not used	rállele, rállese	rállenos	not used	rálleles
with formal second-person singular imperative ralle	accusative	rálleme	not used	rállelo, rállela, rállese	rállenos	not used	rállelos, rállelas

with first-person plural imperative rallemos	dative	not used	rallémoste	rallémosle	rallémonos	rallémoos	rallémosles
with first-person plural imperative rallemos	accusative	not used	rallémoste	rallémoslo, rallémosla	rallémonos	rallémoos	rallémoslos, rallémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative rallad	dative	ralladme	not used	ralladle	ralladnos	rallaos	ralladles
with informal second-person plural imperative rallad	accusative	ralladme	not used	ralladlo, ralladla	ralladnos	rallaos	ralladlos, ralladlas

with formal second-person plural imperative rallen	dative	rállenme	not used	rállenle	rállennos	not used	rállenles, rállense
with formal second-person plural imperative rallen	accusative	rállenme	not used	rállenlo, rállenla	rállennos	not used	rállenlos, rállenlas, rállense

rallar

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Noun

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Noun

Etymology 2

Verb

References

Spanish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Conjugation

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