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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /rasˈtɾiʝo/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /rasˈtɾiʎo/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /rasˈtɾiʃo/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /rasˈtɾiʒo/
- Syllabification: ras‧tri‧llo
Etymology 1
From rastro + -illo (diminutive suffix). Or from an alteration of older rastillo (influenced by rastro), itself from Latin rāstellus, diminutive of rāstrum. Compare Italian rastrello, Portuguese rastelo, French râteau.
Noun
rastrillo m (plural rastrillos)
- rake
- (textiles) hackle, hatchel
- market; see rastro
- Synonym: mercadillo
- yard sale, rummage sale
- portcullis
- (Mexico) safety razor
Etymology 2
Verb
rastrillo
- first-person singular present indicative of rastrillar
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