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raya

Spanish, noun

raya is spelled R-A-Y-A (4 letters) and appears 7.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 8,631st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Raya is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “line” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of rayar. With an accent, rayá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of rayar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Marca o señal larga y estrecha”.

What does raya mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineline

  2. 2

    femininelimit

  3. 3

    feminineparting

  4. 4

    femininedash (punctuation mark)

  5. 5

    femininescratch

noun

  1. 1

    feminineray (fish)

verb

  1. 1

    third-person singular present indicative

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

verb

  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present subjunctive

  2. 2

    third-person singular imperative

verb

as rayá
  1. 1

    second-person singular voseo imperative of rayar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Marca o señal larga y estrecha. 2. Signo de puntuación similar al guion , pero de mayor longitud (–). En español se suele emplear como marcador parentético, de diálogo o de lista en un texto escrito. 3. En el código morse, signo individual más largo en oposición al más breve, que se llama punto. 4. Por extensión, lindero que separa dos territorios.

noun: 1. (Orden Rajiformes) Cualquiera de más de cuatrocientas especies de peces cartilaginosos, de cuerpo aplanado y discoidal y larga cola, muchas veces guarecida de un aguijón. Están estrechamente emparentadas con los tiburones, compartiendo con ellos la falta de tejido óseo y de vejiga natatoria.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of raya

  • rayas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to raya

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is raya in Spanish?

raya appears 7.8 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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