racionar
Portuguese, verb/ʁa.si.oˈna(ʁ)/
racionar is spelled R-A-C-I-O-N-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 96,549th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Racionar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to distribute (food, etc.) through ration” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “distribuir em quantidades medidas”.
What does racionar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to distribute (food, etc.) through ration
- 2
to limit the amount of
- 3
to give or distribute food to (animal) at the right time
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. distribuir em quantidades medidas 2. restringir (a venda de algo) a porções controladas 3. usar com moderação; poupar 4. dar ração a (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 racionar
- raciono first-person present singular
- racionei first-person preterite singular
- racionado participle past
- racionares infinitive second-person singular
- racionarmos first-person infinitive plural
- racionardes infinitive plural second-person
- racionarem infinitive plural third-person
- racionando gerund
- racionados masculine participle past
- racionada feminine participle past
- racionadas feminine participle past
- racionas indicative present second-person
- raciona indicative present singular
- racionamos first-person indicative plural
- racionais indicative plural present
- racionam indicative plural present
- racionava first-person imperfect indicative
- racionavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce racionar?
- Brazil /ʁa.si.oˈna(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ha.si.oˈna(h)]
- Brazil /ʁa.sjoˈna(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is racionar in Portuguese?
racionar appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).