razón

Aragonese

• ragón (benasquese)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ratiō, ratiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raˈθon/
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: ra‧zón

Noun

razón f (plural razons)

1. reason

Asturian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ratiō, ratiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raˈθon/, [raˈθõŋ]
• Rhymes: -on
• Hyphenation: ra‧zón

Noun

razón f (plural razones)

1. reason
2. reasoning
3. correctness

   Tien razón pa tar enfadada.

   She's right to be angry.

4. ratio

Related terms

• racional
• razonable
• razonamientu
• razonar

Extremaduran

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ratiō, ratiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raˈðon/

Noun

razón f (plural razonis)

1. reason

Galician

Alternative forms

• razom, razão (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese razon, from Latin ratiō, ratiōnem, with influence from razón. Compare Portuguese razão.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /raˈθoŋ/ [raˈθoŋ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /raˈθoŋ/ [raˈθoŋ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /raˈsoŋ/ [raˈsoŋ]

• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Hyphenation: ra‧zón

Noun

razón f (plural razóns)

1. reason
   • c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 76:

     Et isto era por que se assanaua logo et nõ era paçiẽte nẽ sofrudo para oyr as razões dos que uĩjnã a seu juyzo, o que nõ conuĩjna para o que julga.

     And that was because he angered soon and was not patient or forgiving for hearing the reasons of the ones that came to his judgement, which was not suitable for the one who judges

2. reasoning, judgement
3. message

   Deume unha razón para ti.

   She gave me a message for you.

4. correctness

   Tiñas razón.

   You were correct.

5. ratio

Related terms

• racional
• razoable/razoábel
• razoamento
• razoar

 

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “razon”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “razon”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “razón”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “razón”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “razón”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish raçon, inherited from Latin ratiōnem. Doublet of ración and ratio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /raˈθon/ [raˈθõn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /raˈson/ [raˈsõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: ra‧zón

Noun

razón f (plural razones)

1. reason

   Esa es precisamente la razón por la que te traje aquí. ― That is precisely the reason I brought you here.

2. reasoning
3. (with tener) correctness, rectitude, a point

   Usted tiene razón. ― You are correct.

   Tus padres tienen razón. Deberías escucharlos.

   Your parents have a point. You should listen to them.

4. ratio
5. rate

Derived terms

• a razón de
• con razón
• desde que uno tiene uso de razón
• en razón a
• en razón de
• ente de razón
• fuera de razón
• poner en razón
• racional
• razón áurea
• razón de cartapacio
• razón de Estado
• razón de ser
• razón por cociente
• razón por diferencia
• razón social
• razonable
• razonamiento
• razonar
• tener razón
• tomar la razón
• tomar razón
• uso de razón

 

Descendants

• → Bikol Central: rason
• → Cebuano: rason
• Chavacano: razon
• → Hiligaynon: rason
• → Tagalog: rason

Further reading

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