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raza.

race, ethnicity

4 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈraθa/[ˈra.θa]/ˈrasa/[ˈra.sa]

  1. race, ethnicity

    feminine
    La ascendencia compartida es lo que define a las razas.

  2. breed, strain, lineage

    feminine
    ¿Cómo es que yo nunca he oído de esa raza de perro antes?

  3. people

    Mexico · feminine
    ¿Qué opinan, raza?
    la raza

  4. group of friends or relatives

    Mexico · feminine
Where this word comes from

Unknown. Possibly borrowed from Italian razza (compare other Romance cognates such as French race, Catalan raça, Occitan raça).

noun/ˈraθa/[ˈra.θa]/ˈrasa/[ˈra.sa]

  1. cleft, fissure

    feminine

  2. beam of light, ray of light

    feminine

  3. crack (in a horse’s hoof)

    feminine

  4. stripe

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Spanish raça, from Vulgar Latin *radia, from Latin radius. Probably a doublet of raya. Compare also Romanian rază (“ray of light”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.