ratar
Portuguese, verb/ʁaˈta(ʁ)/
ratar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to gnaw” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “roer”.
What does ratar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to gnaw
- 2
to nibble
- 3
to corrode
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. roer.
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 ratar
- rato first-person present singular
- ratei first-person preterite singular
- ratado participle past
- ratares infinitive second-person singular
- ratarmos first-person infinitive plural
- ratardes infinitive plural second-person
- ratarem infinitive plural third-person
- ratando gerund
- ratados masculine participle past
- ratada feminine participle past
- ratadas feminine participle past
- ratas indicative present second-person
- rata indicative present singular
- ratamos first-person indicative plural
- ratais indicative plural present
- ratam indicative plural present
- ratava first-person imperfect indicative
- ratavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ratar?
- Brazil /ʁaˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [haˈta(h)]
- /ʁaˈta(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ratar in Portuguese?
ratar appears about once in every 43 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).