arrazoar
Portuguese, verb/a.ʁa.zoˈa(ʁ)/
arrazoar is spelled A-R-R-A-Z-O-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 95 million words in written Portuguese, the 264,336th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arrazoar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to put forth arguments in favour of something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “expor razões a favor ou contra (em litígio)”.
What does arrazoar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to put forth arguments in favour of something
- 2
to argue (to have a quarrel)
- 3
to censure (to criticise harshly)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. expor razões a favor ou contra (em litígio) 2. dizer discorrendo; justificar 3. alegar 4. produzir razões (de viva voz ou por escrito); discorrer
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of arrazoar
- arrazoo first-person present singular
- arrazoei first-person preterite singular
- arrazoado participle past
- arrazoares infinitive second-person singular
- arrazoarmos first-person infinitive plural
- arrazoardes infinitive plural second-person
- arrazoarem infinitive plural third-person
- arrazoando gerund
- arrazoados masculine participle past
- arrazoada feminine participle past
- arrazoadas feminine participle past
- arrazôo Brazil first-person indicative
- arrazoas indicative present second-person
- arrazoa indicative present singular
- arrazoamos first-person indicative plural
- arrazoais indicative plural present
- arrazoam indicative plural present
- arrazoava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce arrazoar?
- Brazil /a.ʁa.zoˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.ha.zoˈa(h)]
- Brazil /a.ʁa.zuˈa(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is arrazoar in Portuguese?
arrazoar appears about once in every 95 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).