razão

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See also: razaõ

Galician

Noun

razão f (plural razões, reintegrationist norm)

  1. reintegrationist spelling of razón

References

  • “razão” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese razon, from Latin ratiōnem. Doublet of ração and rácio.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

razão f (plural razões)

  1. reason (the ability to think correctly)
    Synonym: raciocínio
    Usar a razão dá resultados melhores do que usar a emoção.
    Using reason yields better results than using emotion.
  2. reason; motive (the cause of an action or determination)
    Synonym: motivo
    Qual é a razão dessa briga?
    What is the reason for this fight?
  3. correctness; rightness (the condition of being right)
    Eu acho que vai chover, ele acha que não. Logo veremos quem tem razão.
    I think it’s going to rain, he thinks it won’t. Soon we will see who is right.
    (literally, “... Soon we will see who has correctness.”)
  4. (mathematics) ratio (the relative magnitudes of two quantities)
    A razão dos lados desse retângulo é de cinco por sete.
    The ratio of this rectangle’s sides is five to seven.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:razão.

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