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ralar
🇧🇷 Portuguese slang from Brazil
What does “ralar” mean?
to slog, to grind
Example
“Ralei a semana toda pra entregar o projeto.”
I slogged all week to deliver the project.
Good to know
Literally "to grate".
Who you can say it to
With friends, not your boss
💼 Work
The textbook way to say it: trabalhar duro
🔨 How other countries say “to work, to grind”
- 🇦🇴 bumbarAngola
- 🇵🇹 bulirPortugal
More from Brazil
- trampowork, job
- correhustle, grind
- fazer corpo moleto slack off, to not try
- chutar o baldeto say "forget it" and stop caring; to quit everything
- puxa-sacoa suck-up, a brown-noser
- bicoside gig, odd job
- pegar no batenteto get to work, to clock on
- fazer hora extrato work overtime
Songs from Brazil
- Ai Se Eu Te Pego · Michel TelóLevel A1
- Mas Que Nada · Jorge Ben JorLevel A2
- Ainda Bem · Marisa MonteLevel A2
- Não Quero Dinheiro · Tim MaiaLevel A2
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