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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
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