raio

Meaning

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈrajʊ]
Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese rayo (independently attested in both corpora), from Latin radius. Doublet of radio and raxo.

New
raer

  1. (transitive) to scrape, skim, shave
  2. to scythe
  3. to flatten, raze; to lay bare
  4. (impersonal) to clear up

New
raiar

  1. to light up; to illuminate; to shine
  2. (intransitive) to dawn; to break the day

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A
 recta  sería   o   caso   límite   dun   círculo
  de   raio   de   curvatura  infinito.

The straight would be the boundary case of a circle of infinite curvature radius.

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