ralo
Portuguese, noun/ˈʁa.lu/
ralo is spelled R-A-L-O (4 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 20,222nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ralo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “drain (hole allowing liquid to flow out of a container)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of ralar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ralador”.
What does ralo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedrain (hole allowing liquid to flow out of a container)
- 2
masculinegrater
adjective
- 1
sparse (few and far apart)
noun
- 1
Portugalmasculinemole cricket (any of the large burrowing crickets of the family Gryllotalpidae)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of ralar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. pouco espesso, pouco denso
noun: 1. ralador 2. fundo, separador, da peneira 3. dispositivo, com orifícios ou ranhuras, num recipiente que deixa sair o líquido retendo partículas sólidas que se enroscam neste 4. treliça ou lâmina com orifícios que se adapta a portas, janelas, confessionários, etc separando recintos e impedindo o contato direto entre as pessoas
noun: 1. estertor
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ralo
- ralos plural
- rala feminine
- ralas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ralo?
- Brazil /ˈʁa.lu/
- Brazil [ˈha.lu]
- /ˈʁa.lu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ralo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ralo in Portuguese?
ralo appears 2.3 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).