rastejar
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From rasto + -ejar, variant of rastro (“track”), from Latin rāstrum (“rake; hoe; mattock”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁas.teˈʒa(ʁ)/ [has.teˈʒa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ʁas.teˈʒa(ɾ)/ [has.teˈʒa(ɾ)]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁaʃ.teˈʒa(ʁ)/ [χaʃ.teˈʒa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁas.teˈʒa(ɻ)/ [has.teˈʒa(ɻ)]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɐʃ.tɨˈʒaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɐʃ.tɨˈʒa.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: ras‧te‧jar
Verb
rastejar (first-person singular present rastejo, first-person singular preterite rastejei, past participle rastejado)
- to crawl, to creep (move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground)
- to track (follow the tracks of)
Conjugation
Conjugation of rastejar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms
- rasteiro
- rastejador
- rastejadura
- rastejamento
- rastejante
- rastejável
- rastejo