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Ladino
Verb
arrastar (Latin spelling)
- to drag behind
Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese arrastrar. By surface analysis, a- + rasto + -ar.
Pronunciation
Verb
arrastar (first-person singular present arrasto, first-person singular preterite arrastei, past participle arrastado)
- to drag, haul, lug, tug
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to crawl, to creep (to move by dragging the body along the ground)
- Synonym: rastejar
O homem ferido arrastava-se pelo chão.- The injured man crawled along the floor.
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms