# ralo
## Galician
### Etymology 1

Perhaps from or related to Medieval Latin rallus. Compare English rail.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈralʊ]

#### Noun

ralo m (plural ralos)
* tawny owl (Strix aluco)
    Synonyms: avelaiona, paxaro da morte

### Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese *rãelo, from a Proto-Galician ranello: ra +‎ -elo, "little frog". Cognate with Portuguese ralo.

#### Alternative forms

* relo, renlo

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈralʊ]

#### Noun

ralo m (plural ralos)
* mole cricket (Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa)
    Synonym: grilo ceboleiro

##### Related terms

* ra

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ralo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ralo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ralo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʁa.lu/ [ˈha.lu]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʁa.lu/ [ˈha.lu]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈʁa.lu/ [ˈχa.lu]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈʁa.lo/ [ˈha.lo]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈʁa.lu/
* Rhymes: -alu
* Hyphenation: ra‧lo

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

ralo m (plural ralos)
* drain (hole allowing liquid to flow out of a container)
* grater
    Synonym: ralador

##### Derived terms

* ralar

### Etymology 2

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

#### Adjective

ralo (feminine rala, masculine plural ralos, feminine plural ralas)
* sparse (few and far apart)
** 1977, Clarice Lispector, A hora da estrela [The Hour of the Star]:Estava meio bêbada, não sabia o que pensava, parecia que lhe tinham dado um forte cascudo na cabeça de ralos cabelos, sentia-se tão desorientada como se lhe tivesse acontecido uma infidelidade.She was half-drunk, she didn’t know what to think, it was like someone’d hit her hard on her head of little hair, she felt as disoriented as if she’d lost her memory.
** 1938, Graciliano Ramos, “Mudança [A New Home]”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives]‎, Rio de Janeiro: Livraria José Olympio Editora, page 9:A folhagem dos joazeiros appareceu longe, atravez dos galhos pelados da catinga rala.The juazeiros’ foliage was visible in the distance, through the sparse caatinga brush’s bare branches.

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

ralo m (plural ralos)
* (Portugal) mole cricket (any of the large burrowing crickets of the family Gryllotalpidae)
    Synonyms: grilo-toupeira, (Brazil) paquinha, (Brazil) cachorrinho-da-terra

### Etymology 4
#### Verb

ralo
* first-person singular present indicative of ralar

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ordlo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /râlo/
* Hyphenation: ra‧lo

### Noun

rȁlo n (Cyrillic spelling ра̏ло)
* plow
* plowshare

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “ralo”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

## Slovene
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ordlo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ràːlɔ/

### Noun

rálo n
* plough
* vomer (facial bone)

#### Inflection
### Further reading

* “ralo”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
* “ralo”, in Termania, Amebis
* See also the general references

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish ralo, from Latin rārus. Doublet of raro.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈralo/ [ˈra.lo]
* Rhymes: -alo
* Syllabification: ra‧lo

### Adjective

ralo (feminine rala, masculine plural ralos, feminine plural ralas)
* sparse; dilute; thin
* (obsolete) scarce, uncommon

### Further reading

* “ralo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28