rayo

See also: Rayo and rayó

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin radius.

Noun

rayo m (plural rayos)

1. ray

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “rayo”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *adayuq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾaˈjoʔ/ [ɾaˈjoʔ]
• Hyphenation: ra‧yo

Noun

rayô (Basahan spelling ᜍᜌᜓ)

1. farness; remoteness; distance

   Antonym: rani

Derived terms

• harayo
• irayo
• magrayo
• pagkarayo

 

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish rayo (“a bolt of lightning”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈraʝo/, [ˈra.ʝo]
• Hyphenation: ra‧yo

Noun

rayo

1. lightning

   Synonyms: (Zamboangueño) kirlat, (Caviteño, Ternateño) kidlat

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈraʝo/ [ˈra.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈraʝo/ [ˈra.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈraʃo/ [ˈra.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈraʒo/ [ˈra.ʒo]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aʝo
• Syllabification: ra‧yo
• Homophone: (ll-y neutralization) rallo

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish, inherited from Latin radius. Doublet of radio, a borrowing.

Noun

rayo m (plural rayos)

1. beam, ray (wave of energy)

   Synonym: haz

2. a bolt of lightning

   Synonym: relámpago

Usage notes

• Rayos is used for the uncountable sense of lightning.

Derived terms

• como un rayo
• corona de rayos
• pararrayos
• piedra de rayo
• qué rayos
• rayo alfa
• rayo beta
• rayo catódico
• rayo de leche
• rayo de luz
• rayo gamma
• rayo láser
• rayo X
• rayos ultravioleta A
• rayos y centellas

 

Related terms

• raya
• rayar

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

rayo

1. first-person singular present indicative of rayar

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

rayo

1. first-person singular present indicative of raer

Further reading

• “rayo”, 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

Anagrams

• roya