# ralear
## Portuguese
### Etymology

From ralo +‎ -ear.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁa.leˈa(ʁ)/ [ha.leˈa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁa.leˈa(ʁ)/ [ha.leˈa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ʁa.leˈa(ɾ)/ [ha.leˈa(ɾ)]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ʁa.leˈa(ʁ)/ [χa.leˈa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ʁa.leˈa(ɻ)/ [ha.leˈa(ɻ)]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʁɐˈljaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʁɐˈljaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ʁɐˈlja.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: ra‧le‧ar

### Verb

ralear (first-person singular present raleio, first-person singular preterite raleei, past participle raleado)
* to become or cause to become sparse

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

## Spanish
### Etymology

From ralo +‎ -ear.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /raleˈaɾ/ [ra.leˈaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: ra‧le‧ar

### Verb

ralear (first-person singular present raleo, first-person singular preterite raleé, past participle raleado)
* to become sparse, to whittle away

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | ralear | ralear | ralear | ralear | ralear |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | raleando | raleando | raleando | raleando | raleando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | raleado | raleado | raleada | raleada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | raleados | raleados | raleadas | raleadas |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
| indicative | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| indicative | present | raleo | raleas$^{tú}$ raleás$^{vos}$ | ralea | raleamos | raleáis | ralean |
| indicative | imperfect | raleaba | raleabas | raleaba | raleábamos | raleabais | raleaban |
| indicative | preterite | raleé | raleaste | raleó | raleamos | raleasteis | ralearon |
| indicative | future | ralearé | ralearás | raleará | ralearemos | ralearéis | ralearán |
| indicative | conditional | ralearía | ralearías | ralearía | ralearíamos | ralearíais | ralearían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | ralee | ralees$^{tú}$ raleés$^{vos2}$ | ralee | raleemos | raleéis | raleen |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | raleara | ralearas | raleara | raleáramos | ralearais | ralearan |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | ralease | raleases | ralease | raleásemos | raleaseis | raleasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | raleare | raleares | raleare | raleáremos | raleareis | ralearen |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | ralea$^{tú}$ raleá$^{vos}$ | ralee | raleemos | ralead | raleen |
| imperative | negative | | no ralees | no ralee | no raleemos | no raleéis | no raleen |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

### Further reading

* “ralear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014