rayo
Spanish, noun
rayo is spelled R-A-Y-O (4 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written Spanish, the 5,378th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rayo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “beam, ray (wave of energy)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of rayar. With an accent, rayó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of raer”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Línea de luz ocasionada por el Sol”.
What does rayo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebeam, ray (wave of energy)
- 2
masculinea bolt of lightning
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of rayar
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of raer
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of raer
- 2
third-person singular preterite indicative of rayar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Línea de luz ocasionada por el Sol. 2. Cualquier emanación de energía que se propaga en línea recta desde el cuerpo que la emite. 3. Cada una de las cosas que en línea recta nacen de un punto común y se alejan de forma simétrica. 4. Descarga eléctrica luminosa y zigzagueante que producen las nubes en ciertas ocasiones, sobre todo durante las tormentas.
interjection: 1. Expresa sorpresa, disgusto o falta de comprensión.
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 rayo
- rayos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to rayo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rayo in Spanish?
rayo appears 14 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).