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ratonar

Spanish, verb/ratoˈnaɾ/

ratonar is spelled R-A-T-O-N-A-R (7 letters). Ratonar is a Spanish verb meaning “to gnaw, to nibble” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Morder o roer los ratones una cosa; como queso, pan, etc”.

What does ratonar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to gnaw, to nibble

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Morder o roer los ratones una cosa; como queso, pan, etc.

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 ratonar

  • ratono first-person present singular
  • ratoné first-person preterite singular
  • ratonado participle past
  • ratonando gerund
  • ratonada feminine participle past
  • ratonados masculine participle past
  • ratonadas feminine participle past
  • ratonas indicative informal present
  • ratonás indicative informal present
  • ratona indicative present singular
  • ratonamos first-person indicative plural
  • ratonáis indicative plural present
  • ratonan indicative plural present
  • ratonaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • ratonabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • ratonábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • ratonabais imperfect indicative plural
  • ratonaban imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce ratonar?

  • /ratoˈnaɾ/
  • [ra.t̪oˈnaɾ]
  • [rat̪oˈnaɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

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