# relo
## English
### Alternative forms

* rello

### Etymology

From relative +‎ -o (“diminutive suffix”).

### Pronunciation

* (General Australian) IPA: /ˈɹeləʉ/
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛləʊ

### Noun

relo (plural relos)
* (Australia, colloquial, informal) A relative.
** 2001, John Larkin, Nostradamus and Instant Noodles, published 2012, unnumbered page:‘Anyway, sorry I′m late,’ said Ian. ‘Wanted to hang with the relos for a bit.’
** 2006, Tony Davis, Step On It!: A Wild Ride Through the Motor Age, Random House Australia, page 17,
    It was a journey not completed until after dark (there were no headlights) and Bertha was too tired to visit her relos in Pforzheim by the time she arrived.
** 2010, Stefan Korn, Scott Lancaster, Eric Mooij, Being a Great Dad For Dummies, Australian & New Zealand Edition, unnumbered page,
    Just ask the relos how often they may want to do it, because you don′t want babysitting to become too much of a chore for them.
* (African-American Vernacular, Australia, colloquial, informal) A relationship.
** 2022 June 3, “DRAMAS” (track 2), in SAINT'S PRAYERS‎, performed by Saint BaLenci:Like, baby I don't really fuck with your man. 9 mil bullets leave him tanned. I'm a playboy fucking up your relo with your heart in my hand.
** (Can we date this quote?), “Love Kills”‎performed by JayTee the Aussie:I wanna go back to when I was single. Happy in life and loved a mingle. Being in a relo ruined me. But I know that's just how it be.
** (Can we date this quote?), “Flavors”‎performed by UC Brigante and Dence:Hello, I was in a relo. Suffering just a lil bit man you know.

### Anagrams

* eorl, Orël, orle, lore, Orle, rôle, role, Roel, Orel

## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish reloj.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɾeˈlo/ [ɾeˈl̪o], /reˈlo/ [reˈl̪o]
* Hyphenation: re‧lo

### Noun

reló (Basahan spelling ᜍᜒᜎᜓ)
* watch; clock
    Synonym: orasan

## Cebuano
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish reloj (“clock”), from Old Catalan relotge (1362) (Modern Catalan rellotge), from the older orollotge, from Latin hōrologium, from Ancient Greek ὡρολόγιον (hōrológion).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɾeˈlo/ [ɾ̪eˈl̪o]
* Hyphenation: re‧lo

### Noun

reló (Badlit spelling ᜇᜒᜎᜓ)
* watch; wristwatch

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From English and French rail.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈrelo]
* Rhymes: -elo
* Hyphenation: re‧lo

### Noun

relo (accusative singular relon, plural reloj, accusative plural relojn)
* rail

## Galician
### Etymology 1

Back-formation of relar or either from Latin rallum.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrelo/ [ˈre.lʊ]
* Rhymes: -elo
* Hyphenation: re‧lo

#### Noun

relo m (plural relos)
* ripple or hackle
    Synonyms: ripanzo, ripo
* (archaic) scrapper
** 1459, A. López Carreira (ed.), Fragmentos de notarios, doc. D40a:
    Iten dous candeiros de ferro, hun rello de rellar pan, hun qestella de mantees cobertoyrasItem, two iron candlesticks, a scrapper for bread, a basket with tablecloths

##### Related terms

* relado
* relar
* relón

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese *rãelo (compare Portuguese ralo), from a Proto-Galician ranello: ra +‎ -elo, "little frog".

#### Alternative forms

* ralo, renlo

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrɛlo/ [ˈrɛ.lʊ]
* Rhymes: -ɛlo
* Hyphenation: re‧lo

#### Noun

relo m (plural relos)
* mole cricket (Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa)
    Synonym: grilo ceboleiro
* a kind of small venomous toad

##### Related terms

* ra

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrɛlo/ [ˈrɛ.lʊ]
* Rhymes: -ɛlo
* Hyphenation: re‧lo

#### Noun

relo m (plural relos)
* Alternative form of rello.

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “relo”, 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), “relo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “relo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Ido
### Etymology

From English/French rail.

### Noun

relo (plural reli)
* rail

## Ilocano
### Etymology

From Spanish reloj.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɾeˈlo/ [ɾeˈlo]
* Hyphenation: re‧lo

### Noun

reló (Kur-itan spelling ᜎᜒᜎᜓ)
* clock

## Pangasinan
### Etymology

From Spanish reloj.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɾeˈlo/, [ɾɪˈlo]
* Hyphenation: re‧lo

### Noun

reló
* clock

## Portuguese
### Verb

relo
* first-person singular present indicative of relar

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* relos, rilos
* rilo

### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish reloj (“clock”), from Old Catalan relotge, from the older orollotge, from Latin hōrologium, from Ancient Greek ὡρολόγιον (hōrológion). Doublet of relos.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ɾeˈlo/ [ɾɛˈlo]
* Rhymes: -o
* Syllabification: re‧lo

### Noun

reló (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜎᜓ)
* watch
* (archaic) clock
    Synonym: orasan

#### Derived terms

* bulsa-de-relo
* relo na pambulsa

#### Related terms

* reloheriya
* relohero

#### See also

* despertador
* gusano
* kayrel
* minutero
* oraryo
* puntero
* segundaryo