rayado

striped

lined

rayado(

rrah

yah

doh

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An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).

adjective

1. (patterned with stripes)

a. striped

Paco lleva puesta una camiseta rayada.Paco is wearing a striped shirt.

b. stripy

Regionalism used in the United Kingdom

(United Kingdom)

José llevaba una camisa rayada y una boina. Parecía un pintor francés o algo así.Jose was wearing a stripy shirt and a beret. He looked like a French painter or something.

2. (printed with lines)

a. lined

La carta estaba escrita en una hoja de papel rayado.The letter was written on a sheet of lined paper.

b. ruled

Necesito un cuaderno de papel rayado para la clase de inglés.I need a ruled paper notebook for my English class.

3. (damaged with scratches)

a. scratched

Aunque el disco está rayado, se trata de una pieza de coleccionista.Despite the fact that the record is scratched, it's a collector's item.

A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).

(colloquial)

(mentally unbalanced)

Regionalism used in South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela

(South America)

a. crazy

Creo que Mario está medio rayado. Hace cosas muy raras.I think Mario is half crazy. He does pretty strange things.

b. nutty

A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).

(colloquial)

Todos en la oficina pensaban que Ofelia estaba un poco rayada.Everyone in the office thought Ofelia was a little nutty.

c. loopy

A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).

(colloquial)

Nuestro maestro no está tan rayado como parece. Es muy inteligente.Our teacher isn't as loopy as he seems. He's very intelligent.

A very informal word or phrase used by a particular group or community as a substitute for standard language (e.g., joint, john).

(slang)

(irritated)

Regionalism used in Spain

(Spain)

a. pissy

A very informal word or phrase used by a particular group or community as a substitute for standard language (e.g., joint, john).

(slang)

¿Qué le pasa a Elena? ¿Por qué anda tan rayada?What's wrong with Elena? Why is she so pissy?

b. cranky

A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).

(colloquial)

Todo esto de los preparativos para la boda me tiene un poco rayado.I've been a little cranky with all this business of preparing for the wedding.

c. upset

Marta suspendió el examen de conducir, y eso la tiene muy rayada.Marta failed her driver's test, and she's really upset about it.

A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g., el hombre guapo, el sol amarillo).

masculine noun

6. (striped pattern)

a. stripes

La lejía había desdibujado el rayado del vestido.The bleach had blurred the stripes of the dress.

7. (printed lines)

a. lines

¿Tiene cuadernos con el rayado más estrecho? Tengo la letra muy pequeña.Do you have notebooks with the lines closer together? My handwriting is very small.

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