Rayo in english

Thunderbolt

pronunciation: θʌndɜrbɔlt part of speech: noun
In gestures

rayar1 = scratch. 

Example: Then we were hitting each other and struggling; he scratched my face badly and tried to gouge my eye out with his fingers.

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» al rayar el alba = at the crack of dawn ; at the break of dawn ; at the break of day .

Example: And at the crack of dawn all that's left now is the occasional sound of sea gulls.

Example: When your rooster crows at the break of dawn, look out your window, and I'll be gone.

Example: The singing of the birds woke us up at the break of day.

» que raya = jarring .

Example: The protagonist experiences a jarring descent from the heights of literary distinction at court to the coarseness of common experience.

» rayar en = border on ; verge on .

Example: Their disparagement of female emancipation & feminism borders on mockery.

Example: Because he falls behind in his school work he is labelled by a term of educational jargon verging on abuse, and this is dispiriting, makes him feel somehow deficient.

rayar2 = hassle ; pester ; badger ; bend + Posesivo + ear. 

Example: Richins also included inconveniences such as special trips to complain, time and effort required to fill out form, being treated rudely, and having to hassle someone.Example: And there are those whom I have pestered from time to time over the past four years, and who have patiently answered my importunity.Example: My employer is bullying and badgering me and trying to either make me quit or fire me.Example: She was the person that others would search out to bend her ear and many times they would not be able to walk away without a hug and an encouraging word.

rayo1 = lightning ; lightning strike ; bolt of lightning ; thunderbolt ; flash of lightning ; lightning bolt. 

Example: The article is entitled 'Catch the lightning: keeping current with the Net'.Example: Fire insurance policies discourage the planting of trees in towns and villages because of the fear of lightning strikes.Example: When they left it was tipping it down with rain, with bolts of lightning all around them, but on Sunday they woke up to glorious sunshine.Example: As a result of this rash act, Odysseus' ship was destroyed by a thunderbolt, and only Odysseus himself survived.Example: Just count the number of seconds that pass between a flash of lightning and the crack of thunder that follows it, then divide that number by five.Example: Most lightning bolts last just a few milliseconds and travel fewer than a dozen kilometers.

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» a la velocidad del rayo = at the speed of lightning .

Example: Full marks to the film's creators for balancing a vision of a peaceful world with an adventure story that takes us forward at the speed of lightning.

» caer como un rayo = hit + Nombre + like a bombshell ; fall like + a bombshell ; come as + a blow .

Example: A policeman describes how the discovery of three kidnapped women at a house in Cleveland hit him like a bombshell.

Example: The news fell like a bombshell on close to 900 employees who still do not know how many people will lose their jobs.

Example: The news came as a blow to a country thought to be leading a green revolution.

» como un rayo = in a flash .

Example: In a flash, without a moment wasted on intelligent astonishment, the poor accosted earthling gives a detailed description of the instrument he apparently assumes without further investigation the stranded space man needs.

» ir como un rayo = zip ; bucket .

Example: When you get the hang of filleting, you can zip through a pile of fish pretty quickly.

Example: The driver whipped the horses into action, and I gripped the side rails of the chariot as we bucketed through the streets of Gebtu.

» pasar como un rayo = whiz(z) ; streak ; zip + past ; whiz(z) by ; fly + past ; shoot + past ; fly by .

Example: Scientist say that the mystery object from space that whizzed close by Earth yesterday was quite possibly an alien probe sent from another planet to study Earth.

Example: The shouts and the fires grew dimmer behind them as they streaked down the valley at a suicidal pace, rattling and crashing over the bumps.

Example: She abruptly jumped back as a car zipped past.

Example: It actually brought me to tears to feel as though my life has been whizzing by and I haven't taken the time to stop and ponder what it is all for.

Example: I was wrong on all counts -- the fourteen days flew past and attendance at all sessions, day and evening remained strong right to the end.

Example: She checked the mirror as she shot past a minivan and two cars, the needle of her speedometer twenty miles over the speed limit.

Example: The year really flew by, and things have already started picking back up in the last few weeks or so after the winter.

» ¡que + Pronombre + partir un rayo! = be damned! .

Example: The idea was to give the 'best and most aspiring poor' the opportunity to improve; the not so good and less aspiring be damned!.

» saber a rayos = taste + disgusting ; taste + revolting .

Example: Coffee tastes disgusting to me yet it delivers an enjoyable caffeine buzz that that the tastier energy drinks just cant deliver.

Example: It tastes revolting, like rotten apples mixed with gasoline, but it has a high alcohol content and it is cheap.

» tan rápido como un rayo = as quick as a wink ; (as) quick as a flash .

Example: And quick as a wink, Jack picked up the coin and put it into his purse.

Example: If you're looking for more info on any of our products just drop us a message in the form below and one of our team will get back to you as quick as a flash.

» velocidad del rayo, la = speed of lightning, the .

Example: The ionisation in the air pulls off massive, if random charges so the speed of lightning is actually less than that of the speed of light.

rayo2 = beam ; ray. 

Example: For one, the record is made by a moving beam of electrons rather than a moving pointer, for the reason that an electron beam can sweep across the picture very rapidly indeed.Example: Drawing lines to connect related documents may turn up patterns that look like stars with rays emanating in all directions, where a key study has been made.

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» cirugía con rayo láser = laser surgery .

Example: Laser surgery is a medical procedure that uses laser light to remove diseased tissues or treat bleeding blood vessels.

» de rayo láser = laser-based .

Example: The Optical Disk Pilot Program is an innovative research and development excursion into laser-based information storage and retrieval that is now under way at the Library of Congress.

» difracción de rayos = ray diffraction .

Example: By definition, ray diffraction is 'the scattering of light rays by the units of a crystalline solid'.

» lámpara de rayos ultravioleta = ultraviolet lamp ; sun lamp ; UV lamp .

Example: Scientific equipment for the examination of rare books, manuscripts, and documents include the atomic particle accelerator; electron microscopy; photographic cameras, and ultraviolet lamps.

Example: There's no safe way to get a tan -- just like the sun, tanning beds and sun lamps release ultraviolet (UV) rays that trigger the tanning process in the skin.

Example: In terrariums, UV lamps are used so that plants and animals, especially reptiles, get enough of the required UV light they may need each day.

» nítido como un rayo láser = laser-sharp .

Example: Researchers have wondered if the brains of the elderly with still laser-sharp memory are somehow different than everyone else's.

» polimerización por rayos gamma = graft polymerisation [En restauración, proceso usado para fortalecer el papel] .

Example: The research soon concentrated on consolidation and a process akin to graft polymerization was developed.

» preciso como un rayo láser = laser-sharp .

Example: Researchers have wondered if the brains of the elderly with still laser-sharp memory are somehow different than everyone else's.

» rayo cósmico = cosmic ray .

Example: Rapid electrical counting appeared soon after the physicists found it desirable to count cosmic rays.

» rayo de electrones = electron beam .

Example: Existing totals could then be read by photocell, and the new total entered by an electron beam.

» rayo de esperanza = ray of hope ; silver lining ; the light at the end of the tunnel ; glimmer of hope ; beacon of hope ; ray of light .

Example: 'What if we got the other departments to pay for their own services and materials?' she parried, seeing a faint ray of hope in the idea.

Example: The article is entitled 'Dark clouds, silver linings: the 1977 Pittsburgh Conference'.

Example: The article 'The light at the end of the tunnel' describes the measures taken to reduce the serials cataloguing backlog in a university library.

Example: In 1991 a glimmer of hope began to shine for many who take exception to Microsoft.

Example: In the fight against HIV/AIDS, Senegal stands out as a beacon of hope on a continent ravaged by the syndrome.

Example: They use a line of light bulbs that block out the blue rays of light that suppress melatonin, a hormone that promotes sleep.

» rayo del amanecer = ray of (the) dawn .

Example: His snorting releases flashes of light; his eyes are like the rays of the dawn.

» rayo de luna = moonbeam .

Example: The July full moon is always wonderful as it comes up over Sugar Island and sends moonbeams across the river.

» rayo de luz = light beam ; light ray ; ray of light ; shaft of light .

Example: A printer is a device that transfers to paper, by means of some type of print wheel or light beam, information that has been produced in a computer.

Example: According to Kimball, the mathematics of light rays explains some subtle sailing tips that old sea dogs pick up through years of experience = Según Kimball, las matemáticas de los rayos de luz explican algunos argucias de navegación que los viejos lobos de mar adquieren a lo largo de años de experiencia.

Example: They use a line of light bulbs that block out the blue rays of light that suppress melatonin, a hormone that promotes sleep.

Example: Some of us are bright shafts of light, others are just the shadows that follow behind.

» rayo de sol = sunbeam ; sunray ; shaft of sunlight ; shaft of sunshine .

Example: Inside, the dark interior is heavy with incense and pierced by sunbeams that filter through its stained glass windows.

Example: The phases of the moon are caused by sunrays reflecting off the moon's surface while it moves around the earth.

Example: Mid morning the clouds began to part allowing shafts of sunlight to break through illuminating the coastline with spots of colour.

Example: A shaft of yellow sunshine fell across the carpet.

» rayo gamma = gamma ray .

Example: A radiograph is a photograph produced by the passage of radiation, such as X rays, gamma rays, or neutrons, through an opaque object.

» rayo infrarrojo = infrared ray .

Example: Low level lighting, free of ultraviolet and infrared rays, is advisable.

» rayo láser = laser beam ; laser ; laser ray .

Example: High recording density is also aided by rotating the disc at a constant linear velocity (CLV) with respect to the laser beam, rather than at a constant angular velocity (CAV), as is done with conventional audio discs and some video disc systems.

Example: Digital optical recording is a new technology based on the capabilities of a diode laser to melt holes in a tellurium layer.

Example: It uses laser rays to stop hairs to grow in certain parts of the body.

» rayo óptico = light ray .

Example: According to Kimball, the mathematics of light rays explains some subtle sailing tips that old sea dogs pick up through years of experience = Según Kimball, las matemáticas de los rayos de luz explican algunos argucias de navegación que los viejos lobos de mar adquieren a lo largo de años de experiencia.

» rayo solar = sunbeam ; sunray .

Example: Inside, the dark interior is heavy with incense and pierced by sunbeams that filter through its stained glass windows.

Example: The phases of the moon are caused by sunrays reflecting off the moon's surface while it moves around the earth.

» rayo ultravioleta = ultraviolet light (UV light) ; ultraviolet ray ; UV ray .

Example: Preventative measures are discussed including: air-conditioning and filtration; protection from ultraviolet light; and the use of insecticides along with good housekeeping.

Example: Low level lighting, free of ultraviolet and infrared rays, is advisable.

Example: There's no safe way to get a tan -- just like the sun, tanning beds and sun lamps release ultraviolet (UV) rays that trigger the tanning process in the skin.

» rayo UVA = UVA ray .

Example: Perhaps I should have been wearing one of those wristbands that monitor harmful UVA and UVB rays.

» rayo UVB = UVB ray .

Example: Perhaps I should have been wearing one of those wristbands that monitor harmful UVA and UVB rays.

» rayo X = X ray .

Example: A radiograph is a photograph produced by the passage of radiation, such as X rays, gamma rays, or neutrons, through an opaque object.

» tomografía mediante rayos X = x-ray tomography .

Example: This article describes results obtained from the creation of a patent citation network on x-ray tomography.

» un rayo de = a shimmer of .

Example: He contends that the value or goodness of deceit for the Greeks lay in how it added a shimmer of beauty over the grim face of necessity.

» un rayo de esperanza = a faint glimmer of light .

Example: Notice that in this passage there is just a faint glimmer, a mere peep of sociological light.

» un rayo de luz esperanzador = a faint glimmer of light ; a peep of light .

Example: Notice that in this passage there is just a faint glimmer, a mere peep of sociological light.

Example: Notice that in this passage there is just a faint glimmer, a mere peep of sociological light.

Rayo synonyms

bolt in spanish: tornillo, pronunciation: boʊlt part of speech: noun bombshell in spanish: bomba, pronunciation: bɑmʃel part of speech: noun thunderclap in spanish: tronido, pronunciation: θʌndɜrklæp part of speech: noun bolt of lightning in spanish: rayo, pronunciation: boʊltʌvlaɪtnɪŋ part of speech: noun
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