ratear

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin ratus +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁa.teˈa(ʁ)/ [ha.teˈa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁa.teˈa(ʁ)/ [ha.teˈa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁa.teˈa(ɾ)/ [ha.teˈa(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁa.teˈa(ʁ)/ [χa.teˈa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁa.teˈa(ɻ)/ [ha.teˈa(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐˈtjaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐˈtjaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐˈtja.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: ra‧te‧ar

Verb

ratear (first-person singular present rateio, first-person singular preterite rateei, past participle rateado)

1. to apportion
2. to prorate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ratear (e becomes ei when stressed) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	ratear
Personal	ratear	rateares	ratear	ratearmos	rateardes	ratearem
Gerund
	rateando
Past participle
Masculine	rateado			rateados
Feminine	rateada			rateadas
Indicative
Present	rateio	rateias	rateia	rateamos	rateais	rateiam
Imperfect	rateava	rateavas	rateava	rateávamos	rateáveis	rateavam
Preterite	rateei	rateaste	rateou	rateamos1, rateámos2	rateastes	ratearam
Pluperfect	rateara	ratearas	rateara	rateáramos	rateáreis	ratearam
Future	ratearei	ratearás	rateará	ratearemos	rateareis	ratearão
Conditional	ratearia	ratearias	ratearia	ratearíamos	ratearíeis	rateariam
Subjunctive
Present	rateie	rateies	rateie	rateemos	rateeis	rateiem
Imperfect	rateasse	rateasses	rateasse	rateássemos	rateásseis	rateassem
Future	ratear	rateares	ratear	ratearmos	rateardes	ratearem
Imperative
Affirmative		rateia	rateie	rateemos	rateai	rateiem
Negative (não)		não rateies	não rateie	não rateemos	não rateeis	não rateiem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rateˈaɾ/ [ra.t̪eˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ra‧te‧ar

Verb

ratear (first-person singular present rateo, first-person singular preterite rateé, past participle rateado)

1. to apportion
2. to steal

   Synonyms: robar, hurtar

3. (reflexive, Argentina) to play hookey

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ratear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			ratear
gerund			rateando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		rateado		rateada
		plural		rateados		rateadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	rateo	rateastú rateásvos	ratea	rateamos	rateáis	ratean
	imperfect	rateaba	rateabas	rateaba	rateábamos	rateabais	rateaban
	preterite	rateé	rateaste	rateó	rateamos	rateasteis	ratearon
	future	ratearé	ratearás	rateará	ratearemos	ratearéis	ratearán
	conditional	ratearía	ratearías	ratearía	ratearíamos	ratearíais	ratearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	ratee	rateestú rateésvos2	ratee	rateemos	rateéis	rateen
	imperfect (ra)	rateara	ratearas	rateara	rateáramos	ratearais	ratearan
	imperfect (se)	ratease	rateases	ratease	rateásemos	rateaseis	rateasen
	future1	rateare	rateares	rateare	rateáremos	rateareis	ratearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		rateatú rateávos	ratee	rateemos	ratead	rateen
	negative		no ratees	no ratee	no rateemos	no rateéis	no rateen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of ratear

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive ratear
	dative	ratearme	ratearte	ratearle, ratearse	ratearnos	ratearos	ratearles, ratearse
	accusative	ratearme	ratearte	ratearlo, ratearla, ratearse	ratearnos	ratearos	ratearlos, ratearlas, ratearse
with gerund rateando
	dative	rateándome	rateándote	rateándole, rateándose	rateándonos	rateándoos	rateándoles, rateándose
	accusative	rateándome	rateándote	rateándolo, rateándola, rateándose	rateándonos	rateándoos	rateándolos, rateándolas, rateándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative ratea
	dative	ratéame	ratéate	ratéale	ratéanos	not used	ratéales
	accusative	ratéame	ratéate	ratéalo, ratéala	ratéanos	not used	ratéalos, ratéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative rateá
	dative	rateame	rateate	rateale	rateanos	not used	rateales
	accusative	rateame	rateate	ratealo, rateala	rateanos	not used	ratealos, ratealas
with formal second-person singular imperative ratee
	dative	ratéeme	not used	ratéele, ratéese	ratéenos	not used	ratéeles
	accusative	ratéeme	not used	ratéelo, ratéela, ratéese	ratéenos	not used	ratéelos, ratéelas
with first-person plural imperative rateemos
	dative	not used	rateémoste	rateémosle	rateémonos	rateémoos	rateémosles
	accusative	not used	rateémoste	rateémoslo, rateémosla	rateémonos	rateémoos	rateémoslos, rateémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative ratead
	dative	rateadme	not used	rateadle	rateadnos	rateaos	rateadles
	accusative	rateadme	not used	rateadlo, rateadla	rateadnos	rateaos	rateadlos, rateadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative rateen
	dative	ratéenme	not used	ratéenle	ratéennos	not used	ratéenles, ratéense
	accusative	ratéenme	not used	ratéenlo, ratéenla	ratéennos	not used	ratéenlos, ratéenlas, ratéense

Further reading

• “ratear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16