raiar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (Paulista) IPA(key): /ʁaj.ˈa(ɾ)/, /ʁaj.ˈa(ɹ)/
  • (South Brazil) IPA(key): /haj.ˈa(ɾ)/, /haj.ˈa(ɻ)/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁaj.ˈaɾ/

Etymology 1

Raio (ray) + -ar, perhaps corresponding to Latin radiō, radiāre, and thus a doublet of radiar. Compare Spanish rayar, Italian raggiare.

Verb

raiar (first-person singular present indicative raio, past participle raiado)

  1. to light up; to illuminate; to shine
  2. (intransitive, of the day or the morning) to break; to arrive
    Antes do dia raiar.
    Before the day breaks.
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Etymology 2

Raia (scratch) + -ar.

Verb

raiar (first-person singular present indicative raio, past participle raiado)

  1. to draw lines or a line
  2. to groove (to carve grooves in)
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