ratear

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin ratus +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • 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/
  • 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

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