el rayo. 'el rayo'. This masculine noun means 'ray, beam, lightning'. For example, 'los primeros rayos de sol iluminaron el cuarto' / 'The first rays of sunlight illuminated the room'. El rayo.
rayo
ver raer
masculine noun
1. ray (de luz)
- un rayo de esperanza (figurative) -> a beacon of hope
- rayo solar -> sunbeam
2. beam, ray (physics)
- rayos infrarrojos -> infrared rays
- rayo láser -> laser beam
- rayos ultravioleta/uva -> ultraviolet/UVA rays
- rayos X -> X-rays
3. bolt of lightning (Meteo)
- rayos -> lightning
- caer como un rayo (figurative) -> to be a bombshell
- oler a rayos (informal) -> to stink to high heaven (peninsular Spanish)
- sabe a rayos (informal) -> it tastes foul (comida) (peninsular Spanish)
- ¡que le parta un rayo! (informal) -> he can go to hell!, to hell with him!
4. (persona)
- ser un rayo -> to be like greased lightning
- pasar como un rayo -> to flash by
interjection
also:
- ¡rayos (y centellas)! -> heavens above!
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rayo [rah’-yo]
noun
1. A right line. (m)
2. Ray of light (de luz). (m)
3. Radius of a circle; spoke of a wheel. (m)
4. Thunderbolt; flash of lightning. (m)
5. Sudden havoc, misfortune (desgracia), or chastisement. (Metaphorical) (m)
6. A lively, ready genius; great power or efficacy of action (persona). (m)
- Rayo directo -> incidente, reflejo, and refracto, direct, incidental, reflected, and refracted light
- Rayo equis -> X ray
- Rayo visual -> field of vision
- Echar rayos -> to show great anger or wrath
- La noticia cayó como un rayo -> the news was a bombshell
- Pasar como un rayo -> to rush past
- Sabe a rayos -> it tastes awful
rayo
1 [de luz] ray; beam
rayo de luna moonbeam
rayo de la muerte death ray
rayo de partículas particle beam
rayo de sol sunbeam; ray of sunlight
rayo láser laser beam
rayos catódicos cathode rays
rayos cósmicos cosmic rays
rayos gamma gamma rays
rayos infrarrojos infrared rays
rayos luminosos light rays
rayo solar sunbeam; ray of sunlight
rayos ultravioleta ultraviolet rays
rayos X X-rays
3 (Meteorología) lightning; flash of lightning
cayó un rayo en la torre the tower was struck by lightning
a rayos
huele a rayos it smells awful; sabe a rayos it tastes awful
como un rayo like lightning; like a shot
la noticia le sentó como un rayo the news hit him like a bombshell; entrar como un rayo to dash in; salir como un rayo to dash out; pasar como un rayo to rush past; flash past
echar rayos y centellas to rage; fume
¡que le parta un rayo! damn him! (familiar)
¡que me parta un rayo si lo sé! I'm damned if I know! (familiar)
¡a los demás que les parta un rayo! and the rest of them can go to hell! (familiar)
ser un rayo to be as sharp as they come
rayo
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