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raro

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Noun

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raro

  1. sky
    Synonym: rararaa

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Asturian

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raro

  1. neuter of raru

Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish raro.

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raro (feminine rara, masculine plural raros, feminine plural rares)

  1. (Castilianism) Synonym of rar (“strange”)

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  • “raro” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

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Etymology

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Attested since the 14th century. From Latin rārus.

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raro (feminine rara, masculine plural raros, feminine plural raras)

  1. rare
  2. thin, sparse
    Millo mesto vai no cesto, millo raro vai no carro
    Corn too densely sown produces less than when allowed more space
    (literally, “Packed corn goes in the basket, sparse corn goes in the cart”)
    • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 105:
      Outra enfirmidade se faz enno ventre do Cauallo que faz rrugyr as tripas, et faz a miude estercar o Cauallo cruu et rraro como agooa
      another sickness happens in the belly of the horse that make the guts rumble, and frequently it makes the horse defecate raw and sparse as water
    • 1455, María del Carmen Sánchez Carrera, editor, El Bajo Miño en el siglo XV. El espacio y los hombres, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 336:
      primeiramente que lle roçasen toda enderredor o silvar e mato hua braça que sobra sobre a dita vinna e mays en fondo dela apo quanto que estava muyto rara e em outros lugares que a ontrechatasem ou encasasem e que aestes chantamentos ou encasamentos que lle deytasen tres carros desterco e por quanto non fora arrendada que a cavasen toda en este mes de ianeiro primeiro que ven, sendo primeiramente rosado todo enderredor e o silvar e mato que sae por cima da dita vinna e de mays que daqui endeante desen cada vinna em cada hun anno duas cavas en sua sazon
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    Antonym: mesto
  3. scarce
    • c1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana, Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 150:
      son tã poucas et tã rraras [...]
      they are so few and so scarce [...]

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin rārus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈra.ro/
  • Rhymes: -aro
  • Hyphenation: rà‧ro
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Adjective

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raro (feminine rara, masculine plural rari, feminine plural rare, superlative rarissimo)

  1. rare
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raro

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raro m (plural rari)

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Further reading

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  • raro in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • raro in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • raro in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • raro in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • raro in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
  • raro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin

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rārō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of rārus

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rārō (comparative rārius, superlative rārissimē)

  1. rarely, seldom.

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  • “raro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “raro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • raro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Maori

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *lalo (compare with Hawaiian lalo), from Proto-Oceanic *ralom, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daləm (compare with Malay dalam), from Proto-Austronesian *daləm.

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  • Hyphenation: ra‧ro

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raro

  1. the underworld
    Ka tae tō wairua ki raro. ― Your spirit will go to the underworld.
  2. bottom
  3. north

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raro

  1. below
  2. under

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Probably borrowed from Latin rārus. Compare ralo, an inherited doublet.

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  • Rhymes: -aɾu
  • Hyphenation: ra‧ro

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raro (feminine rara, masculine plural raros, feminine plural raras, comparable, comparative mais raro, superlative o mais raro or raríssimo)

  2. rare (very uncommon)
    Antonym: comum
  4. exceptional; extraordinary (much better than average)
    Synonyms: excepcional, extraordinário, notável, inusitado
  6. sparse (few and far apart)
    Synonyms: ralo, esparso
    Antonym: denso
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raro

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raro m (plural raros)

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *lalo, from Proto-Oceanic *ralom, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daləm, from Proto-Austronesian *daləm.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ra‧ro

Noun

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raro

  1. bottom (lower part)
    Ki ea-mai mai raro mai te rano. ― When coming up from the bottom of the crater.
    Ku toka ana te vai i raro i te puna. ― There is little water left at the bottom of the lake.

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raro

  1. below
    i raro i te pakoga ― below the deep place
  2. under
    I te ahiahi-ata he garo te raá ki raro ki te vai kava. ― In the evening the sun disappears under the sea.

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin rārus. Doublet of the inherited ralo.[1]

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  • IPA(key): /ˈraɾo/ [ˈra.ɾo]
  • Rhymes: -aɾo
  • Syllabification: ra‧ro

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raro (feminine rara, masculine plural raros, feminine plural raras, superlative rarísimo)

  1. rare, strange, odd
    Synonym: extraño

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References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “raro”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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Tahitian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *lalo, from Proto-Oceanic *ralom, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daləm, from Proto-Austronesian *daləm.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ra‧ro

Noun

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raro

  1. west
    Synonym: tooa

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raro

  1. below
  2. under
    Teie râ, te vai noa ra te tahi mau tuhaa o te oire i raro a‘e i te mau haapueraa pehu. ― Yet all the while part of the city lay buried under mounds of apparent rubbish.

Tswana

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Tswana cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : raro

Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *-tátʊ̀.

Numeral

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raro

  1. three
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