Meaning
to ration
- to limit the distribution or consumption of scarce supplies
- to use or dole out sparingly
In a sentence
Durante la siccità il comune ha dovuto razionare l'acqua.
During the drought, the municipality had to ration water.
Dobbiamo forse razionare le nostre scorte alimentari?
Do we perhaps need to ration our food supplies?
Non hanno razionato il carburante nonostante la crisi.
They did not ration fuel despite the crisis.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| razionare | infinitive |
| raziono | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| razioni | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| raziona | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| razioniamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| razionate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| razionano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| razionavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| razionavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| razionava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| razionavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| razionavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| razionavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| razionai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| razionasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| razionò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| razionammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| razionaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| razionarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| razionerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| razionerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| razionerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| razioneremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| razionerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| razioneranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| razioni | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| razioni | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| razioni | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| razioniamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| razioniate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| razionino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| razionassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| razionassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| razionasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| razionassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| razionaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| razionassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| razionerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| razioneresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| razionerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| razioneremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| razionereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| razionerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| raziona | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| razioniamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| razionate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| razionando | gerund |
| razionato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Regular first-conjugation verb ('-are'). Takes 'avere'.
- Derived from 'razione' (ration, portion).