ralo – Portuguese adjective declension

Portuguese adjective forms of ralo

Adjective: ralo

Hyphenation:
Singular m.ralo
Singular f.rala
Plural m.ralos
Plural f.ralas

Sample Sentences

  • 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.) [1977, Clarice Lispector, A hora da estrela [The Hour of the Star]:]
  • 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.) [1938, Graciliano Ramos, “Mudança [A New Home]”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives], Rio de Janeiro: Livraria José Olympio Editora, page 9:]

Etymology

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

Translations