ralear

v.

1 to thin, to make thin, or rare.

2 to manifest or discover the bad inclination of breed or anything. (Provincial)

3 to make thin racemes or bunches of grapes. (Agriculture & gram)

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VI to become thin, become sparse

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verbo intransitivo hojas to thin (out)

le empieza a ralear el cabello — his hair is beginning to thin

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verbo intransitivo hojas to thin (out)

le empieza a ralear el cabello — his hair is beginning to thin

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ralear [A1 ]

vi

le raleaba el cabello his hair was thinning

empezaban a ralear las hojas en los árboles the leaves on the trees were beginning to thin out

más abajo empezaban a ralear las casas further down there began to be fewer houses o the houses began to thin out

ya ralean los especialistas en esta materia experts in this field are becoming scarce

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ralear vi

[tela] to wear thin; [pelo] to thin