ratear
Spanish, verb/rateˈaɾ/
ratear is spelled R-A-T-E-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written Spanish, the 195,910th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ratear is a Spanish verb meaning “to apportion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Repartir una cantidad entre varios, según la parte que proporcionalmente toca a cada uno”.
What does ratear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to apportion
verb
- 1
to steal
- 2
to play hooky
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Repartir una cantidad entre varios, según la parte que proporcionalmente toca a cada uno.
verb: 1. Hurtar con destreza y sutileza cosas pequeñas.
verb: 1. Andar arrastrando con el cuerpo pegado a la tierra. 2. Negarse a compartir los bienes propios.
verb: 1. Dicho de un motor, de un vehículo automóvil o de cualquier otra máquina con motor: hacer un ruido que denota su mal funcionamiento.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ratear
- rateo first-person present singular
- rateé first-person preterite singular
- rateado participle past
- rateando gerund
- rateada feminine participle past
- rateados masculine participle past
- rateadas feminine participle past
- rateas indicative informal present
- rateás indicative informal present
- ratea indicative present singular
- rateamos first-person indicative plural
- rateáis indicative plural present
- ratean indicative plural present
- rateaba first-person imperfect indicative
- rateabas imperfect indicative second-person
- rateábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- rateabais imperfect indicative plural
- rateaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ratear?
- /rateˈaɾ/
- [ra.t̪eˈaɾ]
- [rat̪eˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ratear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ratear in Spanish?
ratear appears about once in every 30 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).