rajar

== Catalan == === Etymology === From Old Catalan, from Latin radiāre. Doublet of radiar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [rəˈʒa] IPA(key): (Valencia) [raˈd͡ʒaɾ] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [raˈʒa] === Verb === rajar (first-person singular present rajo, first-person singular preterite ragí, past participle rajat) (intransitive) to flow, to stream ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== rajada ==== Related terms ==== raig === Further reading === “rajar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “rajar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “rajar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “rajar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == Spanish == === Etymology === Cross of rachar + ajar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /raˈxaɾ/ [raˈxaɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: ra‧jar === Verb === rajar (first-person singular present rajo, first-person singular preterite rajé, past participle rajado) to split, to rip, to tear, to slit to stab (colloquial) to sound off, mouth off (colloquial) to snitch, denounce (reflexive, colloquial) to back down, chicken out (reflexive, colloquial) to evade, elude (from a fight, discussion, confrontation, etc.) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Belizean Creole: rompeh raaheh === Further reading === “rajar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 “rajar”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010