ralé
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old French ralée.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁaˈlɛ/ [haˈlɛ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁaˈlɛ/ [χaˈlɛ]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɐˈlɛ/
- Rhymes: -ɛ
- Hyphenation: ra‧lé
Noun
ralé f (plural ralés)
- (derogatory) rabble, riff-raff
- a prey of a bird of prey
- (informal) courage, energy
- (obsolete) race, nature, species
Further reading
- “ralé”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “ralé”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025