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)

Concepts

scratch

streak

draw

expunge

underline

scrape

verge

cross out

debase

decrease

degrade

demean

demolish

deprave

destroy

dig out

diminish

discredit

downsize

draw a line

drop

freak out

humble

humiliate

lessen

let down

line

look down

lower

mortify

pay

💸

pull down

reduce

reward

rifle

roll out

ruin

rule

run down

scribble

shrink

stripe

wreck

write down

cry down

draw lines across

make a stroke

pull to pieces

score off

abase

renumerate

abridge

bring down

compensate

couch

🛋️

cross

cut out

cut up

Synonyms

borrar

tachar

rasguñar

cavar

desacredicusar

desacreditar

desenterrar

desgarrar

dibujar

diseñar

limitar

rascar

rasgar

raspar

reducir

trazar una línea

cancelar

cardar

confinar

desprestigiar

escarbar

garabatear

rascarse

remunerar

retribuir

echar fuera

arañar con las uñas

remover la tierra

chollar

trastornarse

mandar a la mierda

agotar

mandar al carajo

arañar

botar

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.