ralo

Perhaps from or related to Medieval Latin rallus. Compare English rail.

• IPA^(key): [ˈralʊ]

ralo m (plural ralos)

1. tawny owl (Strix aluco)

   Synonyms: avelaiona, paxaro da morte

From Old Galician-Portuguese *rãelo, from a Proto-Galician ranello: ra +‎ -elo, "little frog". Cognate with Portuguese ralo.

• relo, renlo

• IPA^(key): [ˈralʊ]

ralo m (plural ralos)

1. mole cricket (Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa)

   Synonym: grilo ceboleiro

• ra

• “ralo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “ralo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “ralo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

• Rhymes: -alu
• Hyphenation: ra‧lo

From Old Galician-Portuguese ralo, from Latin rallum (“scraper”).

ralo m (plural ralos)

1. drain (hole allowing liquid to flow out of a container)
2. grater

   Synonym: ralador

• ralar

From Old Galician-Portuguese ralo, from Latin rārus (“rare”). Doublet of raro.

ralo (feminine rala, masculine plural ralos, feminine plural ralas)

1. sparse (few and far apart)
   • 1977, Clarice Lispector, A hora da estrela [The Hour of the Star]:

     Estava meio bêbada, não sabia o que pensava, parecia que lhe tinham dado um forte cascudo na cabeça de ralos cabelos, sentia-se tão desorientada como se lhe tivesse acontecido uma infidelidade.

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ralo m (plural ralos)

1. (Portugal) mole cricket (any of the large burrowing crickets of the family Gryllotalpidae)

   Synonyms: grilo-toupeira, (Brazil) paquinha, (Brazil) cachorrinho-da-terra

ralo

1. first-person singular present indicative of ralar

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ordlo.

• IPA^(key): /râlo/
• Hyphenation: ra‧lo

rȁlo n (Cyrillic spelling ра̏ло)

1. plow
2. plowshare

• “ralo” in Hrvatski jezični portal

From Proto-Slavic *ordlo.

• IPA^(key): /ràːlɔ/

rálo n

1. plough
2. vomer (facial bone)

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Neuter, hard
nom. sing.	rálo
gen. sing.	rála
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	rálo	ráli	rála
genitive (rodȋlnik)	rála	rál	rál
dative (dajȃlnik)	rálu	ráloma	rálom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	rálo	ráli	rála
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	rálu	rálih	rálih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	rálom	ráloma	ráli

• “ralo”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “ralo”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Inherited from Old Spanish ralo, from Latin rārus. Doublet of raro.

• IPA^(key): /ˈralo/ [ˈra.lo]
• Rhymes: -alo
• Syllabification: ra‧lo

ralo (feminine rala, masculine plural ralos, feminine plural ralas)

1. scarce, uncommon
2. sparse

• “ralo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014