ratio

noun RRAH-tyoh Rare

Origin: From Latin ratio (calculation, reason).

Also means

rate

Usage Note

Ratio is a loanword from Latin used in Spanish in technical, scientific, and economic contexts — ratio de endeudamiento (debt ratio), ratio alumno-profesor (student-teacher ratio). Its gender is variable: both el ratio (more common) and la ratio occur in practice; the seed value f is noted but m is also widely used. It is typically not pluralized or pluralized as ratios.

Examples

"El ratio de éxito es muy alto."

Natural Translation

The success rate is very high.

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