racionalização
Portuguese, noun/ʁa.si.o.na.li.zaˈsɐ̃w̃/
racionalização is spelled R-A-C-I-O-N-A-L-I-Z-A-Ç-Ã-O (14 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 42,362nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Racionalização is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “rationalization” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de racionalizar”.
What does racionalização mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerationalization
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato ou efeito de racionalizar 2. operação de racionalizar 3. processo de caráter defensivo pelo qual um indivíduo apresenta uma explicação coerente ou moralmente aceitável para atos, ideias ou sentimentos cujos motivos verdadeiros não percebe
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 racionalização
- racionalizações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce racionalização?
- Brazil /ʁa.si.o.na.li.zaˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [ha.si.o.na.li.zaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /ʁa.sjo.na.li.zaˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to racionalização
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is racionalização in Portuguese?
racionalização appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).