rational

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈræʃənəl/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈræʃənəl, ˈræʃnəl/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(rash′ə nl, rash′nl)

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Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
rational adj (idea, thought: sensible)racional adj
  lógico/a adj
  razonable adj mf
  congruente adj mf
 His plans for the future hardly seem rational to me.
 Sus planes para el futuro me parecen muy poco racionales.
rational adj (person: sane)racional adj
  cuerdo/a adj
  juicioso/a adj
  sensato/a adj
 She didn't seem rational at the trial, but she was still convicted.
 No parecía racional en el juicio, pero igual la condenaron.
 No parecía cuerda en el juicio, pero igual la condenaron.
rational adj (person: able to reason)racional adj mf
  sensato/a adj
  juicioso/a adj
  razonable adj mf
 Don't expect children under 6 to be rational.
 No esperes que los chicos menores de 6 años sean racionales.
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Additional Translations
InglésEspañol
rational adj (mathematics)racional adj mf
 Any number that can be written as a ratio is rational.
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Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
rational animal n (human being)animal racional loc nom m
 Though we're supposed to be rational animals, we do much stupider things than animals do.
 Aunque se supone que somos animales racionales, hacemos muchos más estupideces que los animales.
rational number n (mathematics)número racional nm + adj
 Decimals are rational numbers.
rational thought n (reason, coherent thinking)pensamiento racional nm + adj
 El pensamiento racional tiene que ser crítico, porque los supuestos a partir de los cuales se piensa también deben escogerse de manera racional.
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'rational' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
clear thinking - cold - cool-headed - dispassionate - freethinking - logical thought - logicality - logically - logos - nonintellectual - of unsound mind - person - rationality - rationalize - real number - reasonableness - reasonably - sense - sober - sober-minded
Spanish:
cerebral - racionalidad - razonable - argumento racional - cuerdo - irracional - racional

Collocations: a rational [person, worker, man, woman], please, try to be rational!, you're not being rational!, more...

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