rayar

Meaning

  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)

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Hyphenated as
ra‧yar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/raˈʝaɾ/
Etymology

* From Latin radiāre. Equivalent to rayo + -ar. Doublet of radiar. Cognate with English radiate. * (drive crazy): Of when a phonograph record (or a compact disc) got scratched (broken record) and repeats the same fragment over and over again.

Cognate with English
English
radiate

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