raciocinar
Catalan
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin ratiōcinārī, present active infinitive of ratiōcinor.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /rə.si.o.siˈna/
- (Central) IPA(key): /rə.si.u.siˈna/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ra.si.o.siˈnaɾ/
Verb
raciocinar (first-person singular present raciocino, past participle raciocinat)
- (intransitive) to reason
Conjugation
Conjugation of raciocinar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | raciocinar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | raciocinant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | raciocinat | raciocinada | |||||
| plural | raciocinats | raciocinades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | raciocino | raciocines | raciocina | raciocinem | raciocineu | raciocinen | |
| imperfect | raciocinava | raciocinaves | raciocinava | raciocinàvem | raciocinàveu | raciocinaven | |
| future | raciocinaré | raciocinaràs | raciocinarà | raciocinarem | raciocinareu | raciocinaran | |
| preterite | raciociní | raciocinares | raciocinà | raciocinàrem | raciocinàreu | raciocinaren | |
| conditional | raciocinaria | raciocinaries | raciocinaria | raciocinaríem | raciocinaríeu | raciocinarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | raciocini | raciocinis | raciocini | raciocinem | raciocineu | raciocinin | |
| imperfect | raciocinés | raciocinessis | raciocinés | raciocinéssim | raciocinéssiu | raciocinessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | raciocina | raciocini | raciocinem | raciocineu | raciocinin | ||
Related terms
- raciocinació
- raciocini
Further reading
- “raciocinar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin ratiōcinārī.
Verb
raciocinar (first-person singular present raciocino, first-person singular preterite raciocinei, past participle raciocinado)
- to reason
- inflection of raciocinar:
- first/third-person singular future subjunctive
- first/third-person singular personal infinitive
Conjugation
Conjugation of raciocinar (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 | raciocinar | |||||
| Personal | raciocinar | raciocinares | raciocinar | raciocinarmos | raciocinardes | raciocinarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| raciocinando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | raciocinado | raciocinados | ||||
| Feminine | raciocinada | raciocinadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | raciocino | raciocinas | raciocina | raciocinamos | raciocinais | raciocinam |
| Imperfect | raciocinava | raciocinavas | raciocinava | raciocinávamos | raciocináveis | raciocinavam |
| Preterite | raciocinei | raciocinaste | raciocinou | raciocinamos1, raciocinámos2 | raciocinastes | raciocinaram |
| Pluperfect | raciocinara | raciocinaras | raciocinara | raciocináramos | raciocináreis | raciocinaram |
| Future | raciocinarei | raciocinarás | raciocinará | raciocinaremos | raciocinareis | raciocinarão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| raciocinaria | raciocinarias | raciocinaria | raciocinaríamos | raciocinaríeis | raciocinariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | raciocine | raciocines | raciocine | raciocinemos | raciocineis | raciocinem |
| Imperfect | raciocinasse | raciocinasses | raciocinasse | raciocinássemos | raciocinásseis | raciocinassem |
| Future | raciocinar | raciocinares | raciocinar | raciocinarmos | raciocinardes | raciocinarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | raciocina | raciocine | raciocinemos | raciocinai | raciocinem | |
| Negative (não) | não raciocines | não raciocine | não raciocinemos | não raciocineis | não raciocinem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin ratiōcinārī, present active infinitive of ratiōcinor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /raθjoθiˈnaɾ/ [ra.θjo.θiˈnaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /rasjosiˈnaɾ/ [ra.sjo.siˈnaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ra‧cio‧ci‧nar
Verb
raciocinar (first-person singular present raciocino, first-person singular preterite raciociné, past participle raciocinado)
- (intransitive) to reason
Conjugation
Conjugation of raciocinar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | raciocinar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | raciocinando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | raciocinado | raciocinada | |||||
| plural | raciocinados | raciocinadas | |||||
| 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 | raciocino | raciocinastú raciocinásvos | raciocina | raciocinamos | raciocináis | raciocinan | |
| imperfect | raciocinaba | raciocinabas | raciocinaba | raciocinábamos | raciocinabais | raciocinaban | |
| preterite | raciociné | raciocinaste | raciocinó | raciocinamos | raciocinasteis | raciocinaron | |
| future | raciocinaré | raciocinarás | raciocinará | raciocinaremos | raciocinaréis | raciocinarán | |
| conditional | raciocinaría | raciocinarías | raciocinaría | raciocinaríamos | raciocinaríais | raciocinarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | raciocine | raciocinestú raciocinésvos2 | raciocine | raciocinemos | raciocinéis | raciocinen | |
| imperfect (ra) | raciocinara | raciocinaras | raciocinara | raciocináramos | raciocinarais | raciocinaran | |
| imperfect (se) | raciocinase | raciocinases | raciocinase | raciocinásemos | raciocinaseis | raciocinasen | |
| future1 | raciocinare | raciocinares | raciocinare | raciocináremos | raciocinareis | raciocinaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | raciocinatú raciocinávos | raciocine | raciocinemos | raciocinad | raciocinen | ||
| negative | no raciocines | no raciocine | no raciocinemos | no raciocinéis | no raciocinen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of raciocinar
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 raciocinar | |||||||
| dative | raciocinarme | raciocinarte | raciocinarle, raciocinarse | raciocinarnos | raciocinaros | raciocinarles, raciocinarse | |
| accusative | raciocinarme | raciocinarte | raciocinarlo, raciocinarla, raciocinarse | raciocinarnos | raciocinaros | raciocinarlos, raciocinarlas, raciocinarse | |
| with gerund raciocinando | |||||||
| dative | raciocinándome | raciocinándote | raciocinándole, raciocinándose | raciocinándonos | raciocinándoos | raciocinándoles, raciocinándose | |
| accusative | raciocinándome | raciocinándote | raciocinándolo, raciocinándola, raciocinándose | raciocinándonos | raciocinándoos | raciocinándolos, raciocinándolas, raciocinándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative raciocina | |||||||
| dative | raciocíname | raciocínate | raciocínale | raciocínanos | not used | raciocínales | |
| accusative | raciocíname | raciocínate | raciocínalo, raciocínala | raciocínanos | not used | raciocínalos, raciocínalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative raciociná | |||||||
| dative | raciociname | raciocinate | raciocinale | raciocinanos | not used | raciocinales | |
| accusative | raciociname | raciocinate | raciocinalo, raciocinala | raciocinanos | not used | raciocinalos, raciocinalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative raciocine | |||||||
| dative | raciocíneme | not used | raciocínele, raciocínese | raciocínenos | not used | raciocíneles | |
| accusative | raciocíneme | not used | raciocínelo, raciocínela, raciocínese | raciocínenos | not used | raciocínelos, raciocínelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative raciocinemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | raciocinémoste | raciocinémosle | raciocinémonos | raciocinémoos | raciocinémosles | |
| accusative | not used | raciocinémoste | raciocinémoslo, raciocinémosla | raciocinémonos | raciocinémoos | raciocinémoslos, raciocinémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative raciocinad | |||||||
| dative | raciocinadme | not used | raciocinadle | raciocinadnos | raciocinaos | raciocinadles | |
| accusative | raciocinadme | not used | raciocinadlo, raciocinadla | raciocinadnos | raciocinaos | raciocinadlos, raciocinadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative raciocinen | |||||||
| dative | raciocínenme | not used | raciocínenle | raciocínennos | not used | raciocínenles, raciocínense | |
| accusative | raciocínenme | not used | raciocínenlo, raciocínenla | raciocínennos | not used | raciocínenlos, raciocínenlas, raciocínense | |
Further reading
- “raciocinar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014