rastro

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin rāstrum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrastro]
• Rhymes: -astro
• Hyphenation: ras‧tro

Noun

rastro (accusative singular rastron, plural rastroj, accusative plural rastrojn)

1. (agriculture) hoe

   Synonym: sarkilo

Galician

Rastros (for fishing)

Alternative forms

• rasto

Etymology

13th century. From Latin rastrum (“rake”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrastɾo/ [ˈras̺.t̪ɾʊ]
• Rhymes: -astɾo

Noun

rastro m (plural rastros)

1. track; trail (mark left by something that has passed along)

   Synonym: pista

   • c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 134:

     Ca hũu arçipreste do castelo, ome mao et auol, foy aa caça et, el andando per aquel monte, caerõlle os podengos no rastro do conde et da jnfãte

     Because an archpriest of the castle, a mean and vile man, went hunting and, while wandering about that hill, his hounds found the trail of the count and the Princess

2. (figuratively) trace

   Synonyms: pista, vestixio

3. large wooden rake

   Synonym: angazo

4. a fishing technique which uses long handled rakes

   Synonym: raño

5. (computing) cookie
6. shoe of the plough

   Synonyms: cabeza, dental, rostro

Related terms

• arrastrar
• arrastre
• arrastro
• rastrelo
• rastrexar
• rastrollo

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “rastro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “rastro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “rastro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “rastro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “rastro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Etymology

From Latin rastrum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrastro/

Noun

rastro m (plural rastri)

1. rake

   Synonym: rastrello

2. scarifier
3. (music) a device for drawing the lines of a stave

Latin

Noun

rāstrō

1. dative/ablative singular of rāstrum

Noun

rāstrō

1. dative/ablative singular of rāster

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin rastrum (“rake”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁas.tɾu/ [ˈhas.tɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁas.tɾu/ [ˈhas.tɾu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁaʃ.tɾu/ [ˈχaʃ.tɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁas.tɾo/ [ˈhas.tɾo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁaʃ.tɾu/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -astɾu, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -aʃtɾu
• Hyphenation: ras‧tro

Noun

rastro m (plural rastros)

1. Alternative form of rasto

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrastɾo/ [ˈras.t̪ɾo]

• Audio (Argentina):

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• Rhymes: -astɾo
• Syllabification: ras‧tro

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin rāstrum. Compare English raster.

Noun

rastro m (plural rastros)

1. sign, trace, vestige, scent

   Synonyms: vestigio, indicio

2. trail, spoor (i.e., marked indication to track and follow)

   un rastro de sangre ― a trail of blood

3. flea market, public market (especially El Rastro in Madrid)

   Synonyms: mercadillo, rastrillo

4. offshoot, layer
5. rake
6. slaughterhouse

Derived terms

• rastrar
• rastrear
• rastrero
• rastro digital

 

Related terms

• arrastrar
• rastrar
• rastrero
• rastrillo

 

Etymology 2

Verb

rastro

1. first-person singular present indicative of rastrar

Further reading

• “rastro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28