# rastro
## Esperanto
### Etymology

From Latin rāstrum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈrastro]
* Rhymes: -astro
* Hyphenation: ras‧tro

### Noun

rastro (accusative singular rastron, plural rastroj, accusative plural rastrojn)
* (agriculture) hoe
    Synonym: sarkilo

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* rasto

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrastɾo/ [ˈras̺.t̪ɾʊ]
* Rhymes: -astɾo

### Noun

rastro m (plural rastros)
* 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 jnfãteBecause 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
* (figuratively) trace
    Synonyms: pista, vestixio
* large wooden rake
    Synonym: angazo
* a fishing technique which uses long handled rakes
    Synonym: raño
* (computing) cookie
* 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: /ˈrastro/

### Noun

rastro m (plural rastri)
* rake
    Synonym: rastrello
* scarifier
* (music) a device for drawing the lines of a stave

## Latin
### Noun

rāstrō
* dative/ablative singular of rāstrum

### Noun

rāstrō
* dative/ablative singular of rāster

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Latin rastrum (“rake”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʁas.tɾu/ [ˈhas.tɾu]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʁas.tɾu/ [ˈhas.tɾu]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈʁaʃ.tɾu/ [ˈχaʃ.tɾu]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈʁas.tɾo/ [ˈhas.tɾo]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈʁaʃ.tɾu/
* Rhymes: (Brazil) -astɾu, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -aʃtɾu
* Hyphenation: ras‧tro

### Noun

rastro m (plural rastros)
* Alternative form of rasto

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrastɾo/ [ˈras.t̪ɾo]
* Audio (Argentina):(file)
* Rhymes: -astɾo
* Syllabification: ras‧tro

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin rāstrum. Compare English raster.

#### Noun

rastro m (plural rastros)
* sign, trace, vestige, scent
    Synonyms: vestigio, indicio
* trail, spoor (i.e., marked indication to track and follow)
    un rastro de sangre ― a trail of blood
* flea market, public market (especially El Rastro in Madrid)
    Synonyms: mercadillo, rastrillo
* offshoot, layer
* rake
* slaughterhouse

##### Derived terms

* rastrar
* rastrear
* rastrero
* rastro digital

##### Related terms

* arrastrar
* rastrar
* rastrero
* rastrillo

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

rastro
* 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, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10