ralé

See also: rale, râle, and râlé

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old French ralée.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈlɛ/ [haˈlɛ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈlɛ/ [haˈlɛ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈlɛ/ [χaˈlɛ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐˈlɛ/

• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Hyphenation: ra‧lé

Noun

ralé f (plural ralés)

1. (derogatory) rabble, riff-raff
   1. group of people who are part of what is considered the lowest layer of society
   2. group of people devalued as marginal or dangerous
2. a prey of a bird of prey
3. (informal) courage, energy
4. (obsolete) race, nature, species

Further reading

• “ralé”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “ralé”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025