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ralo.

drain (hole allowing liquid to flow out of a container)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈʁa.lu/Brazil[ˈha.lu]Brazil/ˈʁa.lu/Rio-de-Janeiro[ˈχa.lu]Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. drain (hole allowing liquid to flow out of a container)

    masculine
  2. grater

    masculine
Where this word comes from

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

adj/ˈʁa.lu/Brazil[ˈha.lu]Brazil/ˈʁa.lu/Rio-de-Janeiro[ˈχa.lu]Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. sparse (few and far apart)

Where this word comes from

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

noun/ˈʁa.lu/Brazil[ˈha.lu]Brazil/ˈʁa.lu/Rio-de-Janeiro[ˈχa.lu]Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. mole cricket (any of the large burrowing crickets of the family Gryllotalpidae)

    Portugal · masculine
verb/ˈʁa.lu/Brazil[ˈha.lu]Brazil/ˈʁa.lu/Rio-de-Janeiro[ˈχa.lu]Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. first-person singular present indicative of ralar

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
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