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Aragonese
Etymology
Inherited from Latin ratiō, ratiōnem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /raˈθon/
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: ra‧zón
Noun
razón f (plural razons)
- reason
Asturian
Etymology
Inherited from Latin ratiō, ratiōnem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /raˈθon/,
- Rhymes: -on
- Hyphenation: ra‧zón
Noun
razón f (plural razones)
- reason
- reasoning
- correctness
Tien razón pa tar enfadada.- She's right to be angry.
- ratio
Extremaduran
Etymology
Inherited from Latin ratiō, ratiōnem.
Pronunciation
Noun
razón f (plural razonis)
- reason
Galician
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese razon, from Latin ratiō, ratiōnem, with influence from razón. Compare Portuguese razão.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -oŋ
- Hyphenation: ra‧zón
Noun
razón f (plural razóns)
- 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
- reasoning, judgement
- message
Deume unha razón para ti.- She gave me a message for you.
- correctness
Tiñas razón.- You were correct.
- ratio
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/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /raˈson/
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: ra‧zón
Noun
razón f (plural razones)
- reason
- Esa es precisamente la razón por la que te traje aquí. ― That is precisely the reason I brought you here.
- reasoning
- (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.
- ratio
- rate
Derived terms
Descendants
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