raya

=

stripe

noun

raya
ver raer
feminine noun
1. line (línea); stripe (en tejido)
  • a rayas -> striped
  • una camisa a o de rayas -> a striped shirt
2. parting (del pelo) (peninsular Spanish, Andes, RP Br), part (United States)
  • hacerse la raya -> to part one's hair
  • se peina con la raya en el medio -> she has a center parting o (British) center part (United States)
3. crease (de pantalón)
4. (límite)
  • mantener o tener a raya a alguien -> to keep somebody in line
  • pasarse de la raya -> to overstep the mark
  • poner a raya -> to check, to hold back
5. scratch (señal) (en disco, pintura)
6. ray (pez)
7. dash (guión)

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raya [rah’-yah]
noun
1. Stroke, dash, or line drawn with a pen. (f)
2. A line or limit between two provinces or countries (límite); frontier. (f)
3. The term line, or boundary put to anything. (f)
4. Stripe, streak. (f)
  • Tener a raya -> to keep within bounds
  • Tener a uno a raya -> to keep one at bay
5. Part in the hair. (f)
6. Strip of ground cleared of combustible matter. (f)
  • Tres en raya -> a boyish play
  • A raya -> correctly, within just limits
7. m. (Academy)
8. Zool.) Ray.
(Acad.)

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