rastro

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *razdō

Latin rādō

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-trom

Proto-Italic *-trom

Latin -trum

Latin rāstrumbor.

Esperanto rastro

Borrowed from Latin rāstrum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrastro/
• Rhymes: -astro
• Syllabification: 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

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “rastro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “rastro”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• 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

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *razdō

Latin rādō

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-trom

Proto-Italic *-trom

Latin -trum

Latin rastrum

Portuguese rastro

Inherited 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

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrastɾo/ [ˈras.t̪ɾo]

• Audio (Argentina):

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• Rhymes: -astɾo
• Syllabification: ras‧tro

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *razdō

Latin rādō

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-trom

Proto-Italic *-trom

Latin -trum

Latin rāstrum

Spanish rastro

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 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025