a raya

Spanish

Adverb

a raya

1. at bay, in line, in check

   mantener a alguien a raya ― to keep someone at bay

Further reading

• “a raya”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10