ralo
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Galician
Etymology 1
Perhaps from or related to Medieval Latin rallus. Compare English rail.
Pronunciation
Noun
ralo m (plural ralos)
- tawny owl (Strix aluco)
- Synonyms: avelaiona, paxaro da morte
Etymology 2
From Old Galician-Portuguese *rãelo, from a Proto-Galician ranello: ra + -elo, "little frog". Cognate with Portuguese ralo.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
ralo m (plural ralos)
- mole cricket (Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa)
- Synonym: grilo ceboleiro
Related terms
References
- “ralo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “ralo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “ralo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -alu
- Hyphenation: ra‧lo
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese ralo, from Latin rallum (“scraper”).
Noun
ralo m (plural ralos)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Old Galician-Portuguese ralo, from Latin rārus (“rare”). Doublet of raro.
Adjective
ralo (feminine rala, masculine plural ralos, feminine plural ralas)
- sparse (few and far apart)
Etymology 3
Noun
ralo m (plural ralos)
- (Portugal) mole cricket (any of the large burrowing crickets of the family Gryllotalpidae)
- Synonyms: grilo-toupeira, (Brazil) paquinha, (Brazil) cachorrinho-da-terra
Etymology 4
Verb
ralo
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ordlo.
Pronunciation
Noun
rȁlo n (Cyrillic spelling ра̏ло)
Declension
Declension of ralo
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *ordlo.
Pronunciation
Noun
rálo n
Inflection
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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks. |
| Neuter, hard | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | rálo | ||
| gen. sing. | rála | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
rálo | ráli | rála |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
rála | rál | rál |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
rálu | ráloma | rálom |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
rálo | ráli | rála |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
rálu | rálih | rálih |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
rálom | ráloma | ráli |
Further reading
- “ralo”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish ralo, from Latin rārus. Doublet of raro.
Pronunciation
Adjective
ralo (feminine rala, masculine plural ralos, feminine plural ralas)
Further reading
- “ralo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014