gratar

Of Germanic origin; probably borrowed from Frankish *kratton, from Proto-Germanic *krattōną, from Proto-Indo-European *gred-, see also English scratch. Compare Catalan gratar, French gratter, Italian grattare, Sicilian grattari.

• IPA^(key): /ɡɾaˈta(ɾ)/
• Syllabification: gra‧tar
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

gratar

1. to scrape (with the nails)

   Synonyms: rascar, escotolar-se

• Diccionario ortografico de l'aragonés (Seguntes la PO de l'EFA)

Of Germanic origin; probably borrowed from Frankish *kratton, from Proto-Germanic *krattōną, from Proto-Indo-European *gred-, see also English scratch. Compare Aragonese gratar, French gratter, Italian grattare, Sicilian grattari.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)
• Homophone: gratà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

gratar (first-person singular present grato, first-person singular preterite gratí, past participle gratat)

1. to scratch (with the nails)

   Synonym: rascar

• “gratar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies , 2007 April
• “gratar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “gratar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “gratar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Borrowed from Esperanto grati, English grate, French gratter, Italian grattare.

• IPA^(key): /ɡraˈtar/

gratar (present tense gratas, past tense gratis, future tense gratos, imperative gratez, conditional gratus)

1. (transitive) to scrape (against), scratch (lightly)

Conjugation of gratar

		present		past		future
infinitive		gratar		gratir		grator
tense		gratas		gratis		gratos
conditional		gratus		—		—
imperative		gratez		—		—
adjective active participle		gratanta		gratinta		gratonta
adverbial active participle		gratante		gratinte		gratonte
nominal active participle	singular	gratanto		gratinto		gratonto
	plural	gratanti		gratinti		gratonti
adjective passive participle		gratata		gratita		gratota
adverbial passive participle		gratate		gratite		gratote
nominal passive participle	singular	gratato		gratito		gratoto
	plural	gratati		gratiti		gratoti

Borrowed from Occitan or Provençal gratar (“to scratch”), of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *krattōną, from Proto-Indo-European *gred-, see also English scratch.

• IPA^(key): /ɡɾaˈtaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: gra‧tar

gratar (first-person singular present grato, first-person singular preterite graté, past participle gratado)

1. (transitive) to clean or polish with a wire brush

   El herrero grató la pieza de metal para darle un acabado suave.

   The blacksmith polished the piece of metal to give it a smooth finish.

• “gratar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy , 2024 December 10