rayar

Old Occitan

From Latin radiāre, present active infinitive of radiō. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French raier.

rayar

von Wartburg, Walther (1928-2002), “radiāre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 100, page 15 (lists Old Occitan as raiar)

From Latin radiāre, present active infinitive of radiō. Equivalent to rayo +‎ -ar. Doublet of radiar.
(drive crazy): Of when a phonograph record (or a compact disc) was scratched and the same fragment was repeat itself.

rayar (first-person singular present rayo, first-person singular preterite rayé, past participle rayado)

to scratch
to line, mark
to verge (on)
(reflexive, colloquial) to drive crazy, to go crazy (to annoy or irritate, cause someone to become insane)

Conjugation of rayar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)^{edit data}

¹ Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.
² Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Selected combined forms of rayar^{edit data}

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive rayar
	dative	rayarme	rayarte	rayarle, rayarse	rayarnos	rayaros	rayarles, rayarse
	accusative	rayarme	rayarte	rayarlo, rayarla, rayarse	rayarnos	rayaros	rayarlos, rayarlas, rayarse

with gerund rayando
	dative	rayándome	rayándote	rayándole, rayándose	rayándonos	rayándoos	rayándoles, rayándose
	accusative	rayándome	rayándote	rayándolo, rayándola, rayándose	rayándonos	rayándoos	rayándolos, rayándolas, rayándose

with informal second-person singular imperative raya
	dative	ráyame	ráyate	ráyale	ráyanos	not used	ráyales
	accusative	ráyame	ráyate	ráyalo, ráyala	ráyanos	not used	ráyalos, ráyalas

with formal second-person singular imperative raye
	dative	ráyeme	not used	ráyele, ráyese	ráyenos	not used	ráyeles
	accusative	ráyeme	not used	ráyelo, ráyela, ráyese	ráyenos	not used	ráyelos, ráyelas

with first-person plural imperative rayemos
	dative	not used	rayémoste	rayémosle	rayémonos	rayémoos	rayémosles
	accusative	not used	rayémoste	rayémoslo, rayémosla	rayémonos	rayémoos	rayémoslos, rayémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative rayad
	dative	rayadme	not used	rayadle	rayadnos	rayaos	rayadles
	accusative	rayadme	not used	rayadlo, rayadla	rayadnos	rayaos	rayadlos, rayadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative rayen
	dative	ráyenme	not used	ráyenle	ráyennos	not used	ráyenles, ráyense
	accusative	ráyenme	not used	ráyenlo, ráyenla	ráyennos	not used	ráyenlos, ráyenlas, ráyense