rajar

From Old Catalan, from Latin radiāre. Doublet of radiar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rəˈʒa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [raˈd͡ʒaɾ]

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rajar (first-person singular present rajo, first-person singular preterite ragí, past participle rajat)

1. (intransitive) to flow, to stream

• rajada

• raig

• “rajar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “rajar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “rajar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “rajar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Cross of rachar + ajar.

• IPA^(key): /raˈxaɾ/ [raˈxaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ra‧jar

rajar (first-person singular present rajo, first-person singular preterite rajé, past participle rajado)

1. to split, to rip, to tear, to slit
2. to stab
3. (colloquial) to sound off, mouth off
4. (colloquial) to snitch, denounce
5. (reflexive, colloquial) to back down, chicken out
6. (reflexive, colloquial) to evade, elude (from a fight, discussion, confrontation, etc.)

• → Belizean Creole: rompeh raaheh

• “rajar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024