razão
Portuguese, noun/ʁaˈzɐ̃w̃/
razão is spelled R-A-Z-Ã-O (5 letters) and appears 123 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 786th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Razão is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “reason (the ability to think correctly)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “faculdade de avaliar, julgar, ponderar ideias, raciocinar, inteligir”.
What does razão mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininereason (the ability to think correctly)
Usar a razão dá resultados melhores do que usar a emoção.
- 2
femininereason; motive (the cause of an action or determination)
Qual é a razão dessa briga?
- 3
femininecorrectness; rightness (the condition of being right)
Eu acho que vai chover, ele acha que não. Logo veremos quem tem razão.
- 4
feminineratio (the relative magnitudes of two quantities)
A razão dos lados desse retângulo é de cinco por sete.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. faculdade de avaliar, julgar, ponderar ideias, raciocinar, inteligir 2. quociente, divisão 3. causa de algo 4. motivo justificado
noun: 1. livro, em que o comerciante faz a escrituração dos seus créditos e débitos
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 razão
- razões plural
- rasão alternative obsolete
- rasaõ alternative obsolete
- resão alternative obsolete
- resaõ alternative obsolete
- razaõ alternative obsolete
- rezão alternative obsolete
- rezaõ alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce razão?
- Brazil /ʁaˈzɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [haˈzɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /ʁaˈzɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to razão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is razão in Portuguese?
razão appears 123 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).