raya

Meaning

rayar

  1. to scratch, gouge
  2. to line, mark
  3. to verge (on)
  4. (colloquial, reflexive) to drive crazy, to go crazy, to freak out (to annoy or irritate, cause someone to become insane)

raer

  1. (rare) to scrape, fray, abrade
  2. (rare) to remove completely

Concepts

part in the hair

whip ray

bishop ray

duckbill ray

bonnet skate

boundary path

lady ray

leopard ray

mottled eagle ray

spotted stingray

spotted duckbill ray

spotted whipray

duckbill eagle-ray

spotted bonnetray

flying ray

duckbil ray

spotted eagleray

white-spotted eagle ray

Synonyms

Frequency

C1
Hyphenated as
ra‧ya
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈraʝa/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old Spanish, probably from Vulgar Latin *radia, from Latin radius or a related derivative; cf. the verb rayar, or from the feminine form of rayo. Probably a doublet of raza. Cognate with Portuguese raia, French raie.

Write this word

Notes

Sign in to write sticky notes