ratar

See also: rätar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rəˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [raˈtaɾ]

Etymology 1

From rata +‎ -ar.

Verb

ratar (first-person singular present rato, first-person singular preterite ratí, past participle ratat)

2. (transitive, intransitive) to rat, to kill rats
4. (transitive) to gnaw

Derived terms

• ratador

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French rater.

Verb

ratar (first-person singular present rato, first-person singular preterite ratí, past participle ratat)

1. (intransitive) to conk out, to fail

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ratar (first conjugation)

infinitive			ratar
gerund			ratant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		ratat		ratada
		plural		ratats		ratades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	rato	rates	rata	ratem	rateu	raten
	imperfect	ratava	rataves	ratava	ratàvem	ratàveu	rataven
	future	rataré	rataràs	ratarà	ratarem	ratareu	rataran
	preterite	ratí	ratares	ratà	ratàrem	ratàreu	rataren
	conditional	rataria	rataries	rataria	rataríem	rataríeu	ratarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	rati	ratis	rati	ratem	rateu	ratin
	imperfect	ratés	ratessis	ratés	ratéssim	ratéssiu	ratessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	rata	rati	ratem	rateu	ratin
	negative (no)	—	no ratis	no rati	no ratem	no rateu	no ratin

Further reading

• “ratar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

ratar m

1. indefinite plural of rate

Portuguese

Etymology

From rato +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈta(ʁ)/ [haˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈta(ʁ)/ [haˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈta(ɾ)/ [haˈta(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈta(ʁ)/ [χaˈta(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈta(ɻ)/ [haˈta(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐˈta.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: ra‧tar

Verb

ratar (first-person singular present rato, first-person singular preterite ratei, past participle ratado)

1. to gnaw
2. to nibble
3. to corrode

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ratar (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	ratar
Personal	ratar	ratares	ratar	ratarmos	ratardes	ratarem
Gerund
	ratando
Past participle
Masculine	ratado			ratados
Feminine	ratada			ratadas
Indicative
Present	rato	ratas	rata	ratamos	ratais	ratam
Imperfect	ratava	ratavas	ratava	ratávamos	ratáveis	ratavam
Preterite	ratei	rataste	ratou	ratamos1, ratámos2	ratastes	rataram
Pluperfect	ratara	rataras	ratara	ratáramos	ratáreis	rataram
Future	ratarei	ratarás	ratará	rataremos	ratareis	ratarão
Conditional	rataria	ratarias	rataria	rataríamos	rataríeis	ratariam
Subjunctive
Present	rate	rates	rate	ratemos	rateis	ratem
Imperfect	ratasse	ratasses	ratasse	ratássemos	ratásseis	ratassem
Future	ratar	ratares	ratar	ratarmos	ratardes	ratarem
Imperative
Affirmative		rata	rate	ratemos	ratai	ratem
Negative (não)		não rates	não rate	não ratemos	não rateis	não ratem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

References

• “ratar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “ratar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ortajь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *arˀtāˀjas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erh₃-. Cognate with Slovene rataj, Polish rataj, Macedonian ратај (rataj), Lithuanian artójas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /râtaːr/
• Hyphenation: ra‧tar

Noun

rȁtār m (Cyrillic spelling ра̏та̄р)

1. agriculturist, soil cultivator

Declension

Declension of ratar

	singular	plural
nominative	ratar	ratari
genitive	ratara	ratara
dative	rataru	ratarima
accusative	ratara	ratare
vocative	rataru	ratari
locative	rataru	ratarima
instrumental	ratarem	ratarima

Related terms

• orati

Further reading

• “ratar”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Swedish

Verb

ratar

1. present indicative of rata