ralear

to thin

ralear(rrah-leh-ahr)

intransitive verb

1. (general)

a. to thin

Justo después de cumplir cuarenta, su cabello empezó a ralear.

Just after turning forty, his hair started thinning.

Supimos que nos estábamos acercando a la cima de la montaña cuando el bosque comenzó a ralear.

We knew we were getting closer to the mountaintop when the forest started to thin.

b. to become thin

Jeff se está afeitando con menos frecuencia desde que su barba empezó a ralear.

Jeff's been shaving less often since his beard started becoming thin.

c. to become sparse

Cuando mi hijo se acababa de mudar, me hablaba seguido, pero después de unos meses sus llamadas empezaron a ralear.

When my son had just moved, he called me often, but after a few months his calls started to become sparse.