rasto

See also: Rasťo

Latvian

Participle

rasto

  1. inflection of rastais:
    1. vocative/accusative/instrumental singular masculine/feminine
    2. genitive plural masculine/feminine

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin rastrum (“rake”).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʁas.tu/ [ˈhas.tu]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈʁaʃ.tu/ [ˈχaʃ.tu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʁas.to/ [ˈhas.to]

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -astu, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -aʃtu
  • Hyphenation: ras‧to

Noun

rasto m (plural rastos)

  1. track; trail (mark left by something that has passed along)
    Synonym: pista
  2. (figuratively) trace
    Synonyms: pista, vestígio
    A polícia não encontrou rastos de ninguém.
    The police didn't find anyone's traces.

Usage notes

  • In Portugal, the form rasto is more commonly used,[1] whereas in Brazil, rastro is more common.[2][3]

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Davies, Mark and Michael Ferreira (29 October 2015 (last accessed)) “Corpus do Português: 45 million words, 1300s-1900s”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎[1]
  2. ^ Flávia Neves (25 July 2024 (last accessed)) “Rastro ou rasto”, in Dicionário Online de Português‎[2]
  3. ^ João Jerry Tononi (25 July 2024 (last accessed)) “Dica do dia (Nº 88) rastro/rasto”, in Folha Vitória‎[3]
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