Asturian

Noun

raza f ‎(plural races)

1. race (a large group of people set apart from others on the basis of a common heritage)

Ladin

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ra‧za

Noun

raza f ‎(plural razes)

1. race (group of people)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• (Castiliian) IPA^(key): /ˈraθa/
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /ˈrasa/
• Hyphenation: ra‧za
• Homophone: rasa (Latin-America)

Etymology 1

Unknown. Possibly borrowed from Italian razza (compare other Romance cognates such as French race, Catalan, Occitan, and Portuguese raça), or according to the Real Academia Española, from the same source as the second definition below "ray, beam", "cleft, fissure". ^[1]

Noun

raza f ‎(plural razas)

1. race, ethnicity

   La raza — the people, mestizo (to denote national pride)

2. breed, strain, lineage

Related terms

• racismo
• racista

Etymology 2

From Vulgar Latin *radia < Latin radius.

Noun

raza f ‎(plural razas)

1. cleft, fissure
2. beam of light, ray of light
3. crack (in a horse’s hoof)
4. stripe

Related terms

• raya
• rayo

References

1. ↑ Real Academia Española