# raer
## Galician
### Alternative forms

* raír, reer

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese reer, raer (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin rādere. Cognate with Portuguese reer and Spanish raer. Compare English raze.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /raˈeɾ/

### Verb

raer (first-person singular present raio, first-person singular preterite raín, past participle raído)
* (transitive) to scrape, skim, shave
    Synonyms: rapar, rasar, rozar
** 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Rufus, Jordanus: Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 135:Para esto ual reer o lugar jnchado et çercallo de semesugas para liurar ende o sange que y ha para seyr foraFor this is valid to shave the swollen place and then to encircle it with leeches, so freeing the blood that is there, letting it go out
* to scythe
* to flatten, raze; to lay bare
* (impersonal) to clear up

#### Related terms

* rasa
* rasar

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “raer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “reer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “rraer”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “raer”, 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), “raer”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “raer”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rārus.

### Adjective

râer
* (rare) rare, unusual

#### Descendants

* Dutch: raar

### Further reading

* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “raer”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish raer, from Latin rādere.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /raˈeɾ/ [raˈeɾ]
* Rhymes: -eɾ
* Syllabification: ra‧er

### Verb

raer (first-person singular present raigo or rayo, first-person singular preterite raí, past participle raído)
* (rare) to scrape, fray, abrade
    Synonym: raspar
** 1926, Roberto Arlt, “Judas Iscariote”, in El juguete rabioso:Más allá las mondongueras raen los amarillentos mondongos en el estaño de sus mostradores, o cuelgan de los ganchos inmensos hígados rojos.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (rare) to remove completely

#### Conjugation

$^1$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.

#### Related terms

* rascar
* rasero
* raso
* rasura

#### Further reading

* “raer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10