racionalizar
Portuguese, verb/ʁa.si.o.na.liˈza(ʁ)/
racionalizar is spelled R-A-C-I-O-N-A-L-I-Z-A-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 35,921st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Racionalizar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to rationalize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tornar racional”.
What does racionalizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to rationalize
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. tornar racional 2. tornar mais eficiente (atividade, trabalho, etc.), com planejamento ou pelo emprego de métodos científicos ou técnicas mais adequadas 3. explicar ou conceber os próprios atos e reações como consequentes de motivos racionais, e não dos impulsos e desejos inconscientes
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 racionalizar
- racionalizo first-person present singular
- racionalizei first-person preterite singular
- racionalizado participle past
- racionalizares infinitive second-person singular
- racionalizarmos first-person infinitive plural
- racionalizardes infinitive plural second-person
- racionalizarem infinitive plural third-person
- racionalizando gerund
- racionalizados masculine participle past
- racionalizada feminine participle past
- racionalizadas feminine participle past
- racionalizas indicative present second-person
- racionaliza indicative present singular
- racionalizamos first-person indicative plural
- racionalizais indicative plural present
- racionalizam indicative plural present
- racionalizava first-person imperfect indicative
- racionalizavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce racionalizar?
- Brazil /ʁa.si.o.na.liˈza(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ha.si.o.na.liˈza(h)]
- Brazil /ʁa.sjo.na.liˈza(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to racionalizar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is racionalizar in Portuguese?
racionalizar appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).