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randa s.f. lace trimming.
randado -a adj. lace trimmed.
randera s.f. lace worker.
rangífero s.m. ZOOL. reindeer.
rango s.m. 1. rank, hierarchy. 2. prominence. 3.
(Am.) pomp, magnificence rumbo. 4. (Am.) y
(fam.) old nag. 5. de ~, prestigious.
rangua s.f. pivot collar.
ránula s.f. MED. ranula, tongue tumor.
ranúnculo s.m. BOT. crowfoot, buttercup.
ranura s.f. slot, aperture.
rapa s.f. BOT. flower of the olive tree.
rapacejo -ja s.m. y f. 1. urchin, child. s.m. 2.
edging, border.
rapacería s.f. piece of tomfoolery.
rapacidad s.f. greed, avarice.
rapacidad s.f. rapacity.
rapador s.m. (fam.) barber.
rapadura s.f. 1. shaving. 2. hair cut. 3.
plundering.
rapagón s.m. young man with no bear.
rapamiento s.m. 1. hair cut. 2. shave.
rapante adj. 1. snatching, robbing. 2. shaving.
3. rapant.
rapapiés s.m. 1. running squib. 2. chaser.
rapapolvo s.m. 1. fam. dressing-down, telling-
off. 2. echar un ~ a alguien, to give someone
a good dressing-down.
rapar v.t. 1. to crop, to cut the hair very short. 2.
to shave. 3. fam. to nick, to swipe.
rapaz adj. 1. greedy, avaricious. 2. light-fingered.
3. ZOOL. predatory. s.f. pl. 4. ZOOL. birds of
prey. s.m. 5. young lad.
rapaza s.f. young lass.
rapazada s.f. childish prank or speech.
rape s.m. 1. crop. 2. quick shave. 3. ZOOL.
angler fish. 4. pelar al ~ a alguien, to give
someone a skinhead cut. 5. dar un ~ a
alguien, (fig.) to give someone a dressing-
down.
rapé s.m. snuff.
rápel o ráppel s.m. 1. COM. price discount. 2.
DEP. abseiling.
rápidamente adv. quickly, fast.
rapidez s.f. speed, quickness.
rápido -da, adj. 1. fast, quick, speedy. s.m. pl.
2. GEOG. rapids. 3. ¡rápido!, fam. make it
snappy!
rápido adv. fast, quickly
rápido adv. fast, quickly.
rapiego -ga adj. rapacious.
rapiña s.f. 1. robbery with violence, looting. 2.
greed. 3. ZOOL. ave de ~, bird of prey.
rapiñador -ra s.m. y f. plunderer, robberer.
rapiñar v.t. (fam.) to robber, to plunder, to steal.
rapista s.m. 1. scraper. 2. (fam.). barber.
rapo s.m. round-rooted turnip.
rapónchigo s.m. BOT. rampion.
raposear v.i. to act in a foxy way.
raposería s.f. fox den.
raposino -na adj. foxy.
raposo -sa, adj. 1. cunning, sly. s.m. 2. ZOOL.
fox. s.f. 3. ZOOL. vixen.
raposuno -na adj. foxy, vupine.
rapsoda s.m. HIST. wandering minstrel.
rapsodia s.f. MÚS. rhapsody.
raptar v.t. to abduct, kidnap.
rapto s.m. 1. abduction, kidnapping. 2. (fig.) rush
of blood. 3. (fig.) rapture, enchantment.
raptor -ra,s.m. y f. abductor, kidnapper.
raque s.m. 1. wrecking. 2. arrack.
raquero -ra adj. 1. piratical. s.m. y f. 2. wrecker.
3. dock rat.
raqueta s.f. 1. DEP. racket. 2. island in a
highway. 3. snowshoe. 4. croupier’s rake.
raquetero s.m. maker/seller of rackets.
raquialgía s.f. MED. rachialgia, spinal pain.
raquídeo -dea adj. 1. rachitic. 2. bulbo ~, ANAT.
medulla oblongata.
raquis s.f. rachis.
raquítico -ca, adj. 1. MED. rachitic. 2. (fig.)
meagre, wanting.
raquitismo s.m. MED. rickets.
raquítomo s.m. MED. rachitome.
raramente adv. 1. seldom, hardly ever. 2.
strangely.
rarefacción s.f. rarefaction.
rarefacer v.t. 1. to rarefy. v.i. 2. to rarefy.
rareza s.f. 1. peculiarity, idiosyncrasy. 2.
rareness, scarcity. 3. rarity.
raridad s.f. 1. rarity. 2. thinness.
rarificar v.t. 1. to rarify, make thin. v.pron. 2. to
become thin or rarefy.
rarificativo -va adj. rarefying, thinning.
raro -ra, adj. 1. strange, odd. 2. rare, scarce. 3.
eccentric, cranky. 4. remarkable, impressive.
ras s.m. 1. a ~ de, flush with. 2. a ~ de tierra,
low volar. 3. ~ con ~, dead even.
rasa s.f. 1. run tela. 2. GEOG. clearing claro.
rasadura s.f. levelling with a strickle.
rasamente adv. openly, clearly.
rasante adj. 1. low. s.f. 2. incline, slope. 3.
cambio de ~, top of the hill. 4. tiro ~, ground-
level shot. 5. vuelo ~, low-level flight.
rasar v.t. 1. to graze, brush. 2. AGR. to strickle.
v.pron. 3. to clear up.
rascacielos s.m. skyscraper.
rascadera s.f. 1. scraper. 2. currycomb.
rascador s.m. 1. scraper. 2. hairpin.
rascadura s.f. scratching, scraping.
rascamiento s.m. 1. scratching. 2. scraping.
rascamoño s.m. bodkin, hatpin.
rascar v.t. 1. to scratch, scrape. 2. MÚS. to
scrape. v.pron. 3. (Am.) to get drunk.
rascazón s.f. itching.
rascón -na adj. 1. sour, tart, sharp, acrid. s.m. 2.
rail. 3. marsh hen.
rasel s.m. MAR. entrance and run of a ship.
rasero s.m. 1. AGR. strickle. s.f. 2. spatula. 3.
medir por el mismo ~, (fig.) to treat in the
same way.
rasete s.m. satinet, sateen.
rasgado -da, adj. 1. narrow, almond-shaped
eyes.
rasgador -ra s.m. y f. ripper, tearer.
rasgadura s.f. rip, tear.
rasgar v.t. 1. to rip, to tear. 2. MÚS. to strum. 3.
rasgarse las vestiduras, to kick up a fuss, to
pretend to be horrified.
rasgo s.m. 1. flourish, stroke. 2. trait, feature. 3.
splendid gesture. pl. 4. features.
rasgón s.m. rip, tear.
rasgueado s.m. MÚS. strumming.
rasguear v.t. 1. MÚS. to strum. v.i. 2. to write
with flourishes.
rasgueo s.m. 1. MÚS. strumming. 2. forminf fine
strokes with a pen. 3. flourish. 4. scrollwork.
rasguñar v.t. 1. to scratch. 2. to sketch, to
outline.
rasguño s.m. 1. scratch. 2. ART. rough sketch.
rasilla s.f. 1. fine wool cloth. 2. ARQ. thin brick.
raso -sa, adj. 1. flat, smooth terrain. 2. low,
ground level flight. 3. clear, cloudless. 4. level.
5. soldado ~, private. s.m. 6. satin. 7. al ~, in
the open air.
raspa s.f. 1. BOT. beard. 2. fishbone. 3. stem. 4.
(Am.) mean trick. 5. (Am.) y (fam.) telling-off.
raspadera s.f. raker.
raspado -da, adj. 1. scraped. s.m. 2. scraping.
3. (Am.) water-ice. 4. MED. curettage.
raspador s.m. 1. scraper. 2. rasp.
raspadura s.f. 1. scraping. 2. (Am.) unrefined
sugar. 3. fam. crop of hair. pl. 4. wooden
shavings; metal filings; scrapings.
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raspajo s.m. stalk of a bunch of grapes.
raspamiento s.m. 1. scraping. 2. rasping. 3.
erasure.
raspante adj. rough, coarse.
raspar v.t. 1. to scrape, scratch. 2. to scratch out.
3. to graze, to skim. 4. fam. to nick. 5. (Am.) to
tell off. 6. (Am.) to kill. v.i. 7. (Am.) to go away.
8. to leave a sharp taste, to be rough.
raspón o rasponazo s.m. MED. abrasion, graze.
rasqueta s.f. MAR. scraper.
rastel s.m. railing, lattice.
rastra s.f. 1. trail, track. 2. AGR. harrow. 3. cart.
4. object dragged along. 5. string. 6. trawl
net. 7. (fig.) unfortunate consequence. 8. a la
~, o a rastras, (fig.) reluctantly. 9. andar a
rastras, (fig.) to go through a bad patch.
rastracueros s.m. (Am.) 1. hide magnate. 2.
snob whose income has unknown sources.
rastrallar v.i. to crack with a whip.
rastreador -ra, s.m. 1. trawler. s.m. y f. 2.
searcher. 3. ~ de minas, minesweeper.
rastrear v.t. 1. to track down. 2. to trail. 3. AGR.
to harrow, to rake. 4. to trawl. 5. to comb; to
sweep. 6. (fig.) to suss out. v.i. 7. to fly low.
rastreo s.m. 1. trawling. 2. combing. 3. dredging.
4. AER. tracking.
rastrero -ra, adj. 1. dragging, crawling. 2. BOT.
creeping. 3. (fig.) ingratiating, bootlicking. 4.
tracking. 5. perro ~, retriever, tracker.
rastrillada s.f. rakeful.
rastrillador -ra s.m. y f. 1. hackler. 2. flax
dresser. 3. raker. 4. hatcheler.
rastrillaje s.m. 1. raking. 2. hatcheling.
rastrillar v.t. to rake.
rastrillo s.m. 1. rake. 2. TEC. flax comb. 3. MIL.,
HIST. portcullis. 4. ward. 5. (Am.) COM. deal.
rastro s.m. 1. track, trail. 2. AGR. rake rastrillo,
harrow. 3. (fig.) sign, trace. 4. abattoir,
slaughterhouse. 5. el Rastro, fleamarket
in Madrid. 6. desaparecer sin dejar ~, to
disappear without trace.
rastrojera s.f. 1. AGR. field of stubble. 2. stubble
season.
rastrojo s.m. 1. stubble. 2. ploughed field. 3.
(Am.) shrub forest.
rasura s.f. 1. scraping, shaving. 2. flatness. pl.
3. parings.
rasuración s.f. shaving.
rasurar v.t. 1. to shave. 2. to scrape, to scratch.
rata s.f. 1. ZOOL. rat. s.m. 2. pickpocket. 3. más
pobre que una ~, (fig.) as poor as a church
mouse. 4. ~ común, common rat. 5. ~ de
agua, water vole. 6. ~ de montaña, marmot.
rataplán s.m. rubadum (sonido de tambor).
ratear v.t. 1. to pilfer, to thieve, to steal. 2. to
distribute. v.i. 3. to creep, to crawl.
ratel s.m. ZOOL. ratel.
rateo s.m. apportionment.
rateramente adv. in a thieving manner.
rateramente adv. meanly, vilely.
ratería s.f. 1. petty thief. 2. (fam.) meanness,
stinginess.
ratería s.f. 1. pilfering, petty larceny. 2.
deviousness, unscrupulousness.
ratero -ra, adj. 1. pilfering, thieving. 2. beneath
contempt. s.m. y f. 3. petty crook, pickpocket.
raticida s.m. rat poison.
ratificación s.f. 1. ratification. 2. approval.
ratificar v.t. 1. to ratify, to confirm. 2. to approve.
rato s.m. 1. while, short time, spell. 2. a ratos,
from time to time. 3. (Am.) hasta cada ~, see
you later. 4. pasar el ~, to pass the time. 5.
pasar un mal ~, to be on pins and needles.
6. ratos perdidos, free time. 7. tener para ~,
to have a long way to go. 8. un ~, fam. tons:
él sabe un rato de geografía = he knows tons
about geography.