rayar
Old Occitan
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin radiāre. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French raier.
Verb
rayar
Related terms
- rai (noun)
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “radiāre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 10: R, page 15 (lists Old Occitan as raiar)
Spanish
Etymology
- From Latin radiāre. Equivalent to rayo + -ar. Doublet of radiar. Cognate with English radiate.
- (drive crazy): Of when a phonograph record (or a compact disc) got scratched (broken record) and repeats the same fragment over and over again.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ra‧yar
- Homophone: (ll-y neutralization) rallar
Verb
rayar (first-person singular present rayo, first-person singular preterite rayé, past participle rayado)
- to scratch, gouge
- Synonym: rascar
- to line, mark
- to verge (on)
- (reflexive, colloquial) to drive crazy, to go crazy, to freak out (to annoy or irritate, cause someone to become insane)
Conjugation
Conjugation of rayar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | rayar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | rayando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | rayado | rayada | |||||
| plural | rayados | rayadas | |||||
| singular | 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 | |
| present | rayo | rayastú rayásvos |
raya | rayamos | rayáis | rayan | |
| imperfect | rayaba | rayabas | rayaba | rayábamos | rayabais | rayaban | |
| preterite | rayé | rayaste | rayó | rayamos | rayasteis | rayaron | |
| future | rayaré | rayarás | rayará | rayaremos | rayaréis | rayarán | |
| conditional | rayaría | rayarías | rayaría | rayaríamos | rayaríais | rayarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | raye | rayestú rayésvos2 |
raye | rayemos | rayéis | rayen | |
| imperfect (ra) |
rayara | rayaras | rayara | rayáramos | rayarais | rayaran | |
| imperfect (se) |
rayase | rayases | rayase | rayásemos | rayaseis | rayasen | |
| future1 | rayare | rayares | rayare | rayáremos | rayareis | rayaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
| affirmative | rayatú rayávos |
raye | rayemos | rayad | rayen | ||
| negative | no rayes | no raye | no rayemos | no rayéis | no rayen | ||
Selected combined forms of rayar
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 tú imperative raya | dative | ráyame | ráyate | ráyale | ráyanos | not used | ráyales |
| accusative | ráyame | ráyate | ráyalo, ráyala | ráyanos | not used | ráyalos, ráyalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative rayá | dative | rayame | rayate | rayale | rayanos | not used | rayales |
| accusative | rayame | rayate | rayalo, rayala | rayanos | not used | rayalos, rayalas | |
| 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 | |
Related terms
See also
Further reading
- “rayar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024