rayo

/ˈraʝo/ · B1 · noun · m

radio beam

⚡ rayo sounds like ray-o: a ray, and in Spanish also a bolt of lightning

From Latin radius, a spoke or beam, which also gives English ray and radius. Spanish uses rayo for a beam of light and for a lightning bolt, as in cayó un rayo (lightning struck).

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