noun, feminine/ˈraʝa/plural: rayas
line; limit; parting; dash (punctuation mark); scratch
“Manolo me pasa un talego con el que me hago un canutillo bien tensado y me meto la primera raya.”
Inherited from Old Spanish, probably from Vulgar Latin *radia, from Latin radius or a related derivative; cf. the verb rayar, or from the feminine form of rayo. Probably a doublet of raza. Cognate with Portuguese raia, French raie.