arrastão

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From arrastar (“to trawl; to drag”) +‎ -ão, from rasto (“dragnet”).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.ʁasˈtɐ̃w̃/ [a.hasˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.ʁɐʃˈtɐ̃w̃/

  • Hyphenation: ar‧ras‧tão

Noun

arrastão m (plural arrastões)

  1. (fishing) trawling (fishing technique in which a net is dragged)
    Synonym: pesca de arrasto
  2. (fishing) trawler (fishing boat that uses a trawl net or dragnet)
  3. (fishing) dragnet (net dragged across the bottom of a body of water)
    Synonyms: arrasto, rasca, rasto, rastro
  4. the act of violently dragging something
    Synonyms: arrastamento, arraste, arrasto, puxão
  5. (criminology) a form of crime in which a group of criminals surround a location (usually a beach or tunnel) and steal the most they can; similar to a flash rob but in an open space

Etymology 2

Verb

arrastão

  1. obsolete spelling of arrastam
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