el
masculine
/ˈraʝo/
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Translation
lightning bolt, ray, beam
Word origin
From Latin radius ('rod, spoke, ray'). The same radius gives English 'radius', 'ray' and 'radio'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- radius
- English cognates
- ray, radius, radio
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluralrayos
Examples
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A bolt of lightning struck the tree during the storm.
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The first rays of sun came in through the window.
¡ !
The boy runs like lightning!
radiografía X.
The doctor took an X-ray of me.
iluminó cueva.
A beam of light lit up the back of the cave.
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