ratar

See also: rätar

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From rata +‎ -ar.

Verb

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

  1. (ambitransitive) to rat, to kill rats
  2. (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

Further reading

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

ratar m

  1. indefinite plural of rate

Portuguese

Etymology

From rato +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 
  • (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/
    • (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

References

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 anim (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

Further reading

  • ratar”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Swedish

Verb

ratar

  1. present indicative of rata