ralear

Portuguese

Etymology

From ralo +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁa.leˈa(ʁ)/ [ha.leˈa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁa.leˈa(ɾ)/ [ha.leˈa(ɾ)]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁa.leˈa(ʁ)/ [χa.leˈa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁa.leˈa(ɻ)/ [ha.leˈa(ɻ)]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐˈljaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐˈlja.ɾi/

Hyphenation: ra‧le‧ar

Verb

ralear (first-person singular present raleio, first-person singular preterite raleei, past participle raleado)

to become or cause to become sparse

Conjugation

Conjugation of ralear (e becomes ei when stressed) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	ralear
Personal	ralear	raleares	ralear	ralearmos	raleardes	ralearem
Gerund
	raleando
Past participle
Masculine	raleado			raleados
Feminine	raleada			raleadas
Indicative
Present	raleio	raleias	raleia	raleamos	raleais	raleiam
Imperfect	raleava	raleavas	raleava	raleávamos	raleáveis	raleavam
Preterite	raleei	raleaste	raleou	raleamos¹, raleámos²	raleastes	ralearam
Pluperfect	raleara	ralearas	raleara	raleáramos	raleáreis	ralearam
Future	ralearei	ralearás	raleará	ralearemos	raleareis	ralearão
Conditional	ralearia	ralearias	ralearia	ralearíamos	ralearíeis	raleariam
Subjunctive
Present	raleie	raleies	raleie	raleemos	raleeis	raleiem
Imperfect	raleasse	raleasses	raleasse	raleássemos	raleásseis	raleassem
Future	ralear	raleares	ralear	ralearmos	raleardes	ralearem
Imperative
Affirmative		raleia	raleie	raleemos	raleai	raleiem
Negative (não)		não raleies	não raleie	não raleemos	não raleeis	não raleiem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

From ralo +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /raleˈaɾ/ [ra.leˈaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: ra‧le‧ar

Verb

ralear (first-person singular present raleo, first-person singular preterite raleé, past participle raleado)

to become sparse, to whittle away

Conjugation

Conjugation of ralear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			ralear
gerund			raleando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		raleado		raleada
		plural		raleados		raleadas
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	raleo	raleas^{^tú} raleás^{^vos}	ralea	raleamos	raleáis	ralean
	imperfect	raleaba	raleabas	raleaba	raleábamos	raleabais	raleaban
	preterite	raleé	raleaste	raleó	raleamos	raleasteis	ralearon
	future	ralearé	ralearás	raleará	ralearemos	ralearéis	ralearán
	conditional	ralearía	ralearías	ralearía	ralearíamos	ralearíais	ralearían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	ralee	ralees^{^tú} raleés^{^vos²}	ralee	raleemos	raleéis	raleen
	imperfect (ra)	raleara	ralearas	raleara	raleáramos	ralearais	ralearan
	imperfect (se)	ralease	raleases	ralease	raleásemos	raleaseis	raleasen
	future¹	raleare	raleares	raleare	raleáremos	raleareis	ralearen

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		ralea^{^tú} raleá^{^vos}	ralee	raleemos	ralead	raleen
	negative		no ralees	no ralee	no raleemos	no raleéis	no raleen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Selected combined forms of ralear

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive ralear	dative	ralearme	ralearte	ralearle, ralearse	ralearnos	ralearos	ralearles, ralearse
with infinitive ralear	accusative	ralearme	ralearte	ralearlo, ralearla, ralearse	ralearnos	ralearos	ralearlos, ralearlas, ralearse

with gerund raleando	dative	raleándome	raleándote	raleándole, raleándose	raleándonos	raleándoos	raleándoles, raleándose
with gerund raleando	accusative	raleándome	raleándote	raleándolo, raleándola, raleándose	raleándonos	raleándoos	raleándolos, raleándolas, raleándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative ralea	dative	raléame	raléate	raléale	raléanos	not used	raléales
with informal second-person singular tú imperative ralea	accusative	raléame	raléate	raléalo, raléala	raléanos	not used	raléalos, raléalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative raleá	dative	raleame	raleate	raleale	raleanos	not used	raleales
with informal second-person singular vos imperative raleá	accusative	raleame	raleate	ralealo, raleala	raleanos	not used	ralealos, ralealas

with formal second-person singular imperative ralee	dative	raléeme	not used	raléele, raléese	raléenos	not used	raléeles
with formal second-person singular imperative ralee	accusative	raléeme	not used	raléelo, raléela, raléese	raléenos	not used	raléelos, raléelas

with first-person plural imperative raleemos	dative	not used	raleémoste	raleémosle	raleémonos	raleémoos	raleémosles
with first-person plural imperative raleemos	accusative	not used	raleémoste	raleémoslo, raleémosla	raleémonos	raleémoos	raleémoslos, raleémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative ralead	dative	raleadme	not used	raleadle	raleadnos	raleaos	raleadles
with informal second-person plural imperative ralead	accusative	raleadme	not used	raleadlo, raleadla	raleadnos	raleaos	raleadlos, raleadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative raleen	dative	raléenme	not used	raléenle	raléennos	not used	raléenles, raléense
with formal second-person plural imperative raleen	accusative	raléenme	not used	raléenlo, raléenla	raléennos	not used	raléenlos, raléenlas, raléense

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