raciocinar

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ratiōcinārī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [rə.si.u.siˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [rə.si.o.siˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ra.si.o.siˈnaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [ra.si.o.siˈna]

Verb

raciocinar (first-person singular present raciocino, first-person singular preterite raciociní, past participle raciocinat)

1. (intransitive) to reason

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of raciocinar (first conjugation)

infinitive			raciocinar
gerund			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
	affirmative	—	raciocina	raciocini	raciocinem	raciocineu	raciocinin
	negative (no)	—	no raciocinis	no raciocini	no raciocinem	no raciocineu	no raciocinin

Related terms

• raciocinació
• raciocini

Further reading

• “raciocinar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin ratiōcinārī.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁa.si.o.siˈna(ʁ)/ [ha.sɪ.o.siˈna(h)], (faster pronunciation) /ʁa.sjo.siˈna(ʁ)/ [ha.sjo.siˈna(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁa.si.o.siˈna(ʁ)/ [ha.sɪ.o.siˈna(h)], (faster pronunciation) /ʁa.sjo.siˈna(ʁ)/ [ha.sjo.siˈna(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁa.si.o.siˈna(ɾ)/ [ha.sɪ.o.siˈna(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /ʁa.sjo.siˈna(ɾ)/ [ha.sjo.siˈna(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁa.si.o.siˈna(ʁ)/ [χa.sɪ.o.siˈna(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /ʁa.sjo.siˈna(ʁ)/ [χa.sjo.siˈna(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ʁa.si.o.siˈna(ɻ)/ [ha.sɪ.o.siˈna(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /ʁa.sjo.siˈna(ɻ)/ [ha.sjo.siˈna(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐ.sju.siˈnaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐ.sju.siˈnaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐ.sju.siˈna.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: ra‧ci‧o‧ci‧nar

Verb

raciocinar (first-person singular present raciocino, first-person singular preterite raciocinei, past participle raciocinado)

1. to reason

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

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “raciocinar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “raciocinar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ratiōcinārī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raθjoθiˈnaɾ/ [ra.θjo.θiˈnaɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /rasjosiˈnaɾ/ [ra.sjo.siˈnaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ra‧cio‧ci‧nar

Verb

raciocinar (first-person singular present raciocino, first-person singular preterite raciociné, past participle raciocinado)

1. (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

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-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 tuteo 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 voseo 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025