arrastão

Portuguese

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ʁasˈtɐ̃w̃/ [a.hasˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ʁasˈtɐ̃w̃/ [a.hasˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.ʁaʃˈtɐ̃w̃/ [a.χaʃˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (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

Related terms

• arrasta
• arrastadamente
• arrastadeiro
• arrastadiço
• arrastado
• arrastador
• arrastadouro
• arrastadura
• arrastamento
• arrastar
• arraste
• arrasto

Etymology 2

Verb

arrastão

1. (obsolete) Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of arrastam, now a common misspelling.