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raia.

ray (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈʁaj.ɐ/Brazil[ˈhaɪ̯.ɐ]Brazil/ˈʁaj.ɐ/Rio-de-Janeiro[ˈχaɪ̯.ɐ]Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. ray (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)

    feminine
  2. kite (flying toy on a string)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese raia (“ray”), from Latin raia (“ray”), of uncertain origin.

noun/ˈʁaj.ɐ/Brazil[ˈhaɪ̯.ɐ]Brazil/ˈʁaj.ɐ/Rio-de-Janeiro[ˈχaɪ̯.ɐ]Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. stripe

    feminine
  2. border (the line or frontier area separating countries)

    feminine
  3. limit

    feminine · figuratively
  4. mistake

    colloquial · feminine
Where this word comes from

Uncertain. Likely from raio (“beam”) + -a (forms feminine equivalents), or from an equivalent Vulgar Latin *radia, ultimately from Latin radius. Cognates include Galician raia and Spanish raya.

verb/ˈʁaj.ɐ/Brazil[ˈhaɪ̯.ɐ]Brazil/ˈʁaj.ɐ/Rio-de-Janeiro[ˈχaɪ̯.ɐ]Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. inflection of raiar: third-person singular present indicative

    form-of · indicative · present · singular · third-person
  2. inflection of raiar: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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