ração
Portuguese, noun/ʁaˈsɐ̃w̃/
ração is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “feed (food given to animals)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “porção fixa de provisões, especialmente para soldados e marinheiros ou para civis em tempos de escassez”.
What does ração mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefeed (food given to animals)
- 2
femininedog or cat food
- 3
femininefood ration
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. porção fixa de provisões, especialmente para soldados e marinheiros ou para civis em tempos de escassez 2. quantidade de comida que se dá a um animal
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 ração
- rações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ração?
- Brazil /ʁaˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [haˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /ʁaˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ração
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ração in Portuguese?
ração appears 3.7 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).