arrastrar

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese arrastrar. By surface analysis, a- + rastro + -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ʁasˈtɾa(ʁ)/ [a.hasˈtɾa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ʁasˈtɾa(ʁ)/ [a.hasˈtɾa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.ʁasˈtɾa(ɾ)/ [a.hasˈtɾa(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.ʁaʃˈtɾa(ʁ)/ [a.χaʃˈtɾa(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /a.ʁasˈtɾa(ɻ)/ [a.hasˈtɾa(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ʁɐʃˈtɾaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ʁɐʃˈtɾaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ʁɐʃˈtɾa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: ar‧ras‧trar

Verb

arrastrar (first-person singular present arrastro, first-person singular preterite arrastrei, past participle arrastrado)

1. (transitive) alternative form of arrastar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of arrastrar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	arrastrar
Personal	arrastrar	arrastrares	arrastrar	arrastrarmos	arrastrardes	arrastrarem
Gerund
	arrastrando
Past participle
Masculine	arrastrado			arrastrados
Feminine	arrastrada			arrastradas
Indicative
Present	arrastro	arrastras	arrastra	arrastramos	arrastrais	arrastram
Imperfect	arrastrava	arrastravas	arrastrava	arrastrávamos	arrastráveis	arrastravam
Preterite	arrastrei	arrastraste	arrastrou	arrastramos1, arrastrámos2	arrastrastes	arrastraram
Pluperfect	arrastrara	arrastraras	arrastrara	arrastráramos	arrastráreis	arrastraram
Future	arrastrarei	arrastrarás	arrastrará	arrastraremos	arrastrareis	arrastrarão
Conditional	arrastraria	arrastrarias	arrastraria	arrastraríamos	arrastraríeis	arrastrariam
Subjunctive
Present	arrastre	arrastres	arrastre	arrastremos	arrastreis	arrastrem
Imperfect	arrastrasse	arrastrasses	arrastrasse	arrastrássemos	arrastrásseis	arrastrassem
Future	arrastrar	arrastrares	arrastrar	arrastrarmos	arrastrardes	arrastrarem
Imperative
Affirmative		arrastra	arrastre	arrastremos	arrastrai	arrastrem
Negative (não)		não arrastres	não arrastre	não arrastremos	não arrastreis	não arrastrem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “arrastrar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “arrastrar”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “arrastrar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From a- +‎ rastrar, from rastro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /arasˈtɾaɾ/ [a.rasˈt̪ɾaɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧rras‧trar

Verb

arrastrar (first-person singular present arrastro, first-person singular preterite arrastré, past participle arrastrado)

1. to drag
2. to pull, to tow, to haul
3. to incite
4. to sweep away (e.g., a river)
5. to lug, to drag along, to drag down
6. (reflexive) to crawl, to creep, to drag oneself
7. (reflexive) to grovel

Conjugation

    Conjugation of arrastrar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			arrastrar
gerund			arrastrando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		arrastrado		arrastrada
		plural		arrastrados		arrastradas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	arrastro	arrastrastú arrastrásvos	arrastra	arrastramos	arrastráis	arrastran
	imperfect	arrastraba	arrastrabas	arrastraba	arrastrábamos	arrastrabais	arrastraban
	preterite	arrastré	arrastraste	arrastró	arrastramos	arrastrasteis	arrastraron
	future	arrastraré	arrastrarás	arrastrará	arrastraremos	arrastraréis	arrastrarán
	conditional	arrastraría	arrastrarías	arrastraría	arrastraríamos	arrastraríais	arrastrarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	arrastre	arrastrestú arrastrésvos2	arrastre	arrastremos	arrastréis	arrastren
	imperfect (ra)	arrastrara	arrastraras	arrastrara	arrastráramos	arrastrarais	arrastraran
	imperfect (se)	arrastrase	arrastrases	arrastrase	arrastrásemos	arrastraseis	arrastrasen
	future1	arrastrare	arrastrares	arrastrare	arrastráremos	arrastrareis	arrastraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		arrastratú arrastrávos	arrastre	arrastremos	arrastrad	arrastren
	negative		no arrastres	no arrastre	no arrastremos	no arrastréis	no arrastren

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of arrastrar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive arrastrar	dative	arrastrarme	arrastrarte	arrastrarle, arrastrarse	arrastrarnos	arrastraros	arrastrarles, arrastrarse
	accusative	arrastrarme	arrastrarte	arrastrarlo, arrastrarla, arrastrarse	arrastrarnos	arrastraros	arrastrarlos, arrastrarlas, arrastrarse
with gerund arrastrando	dative	arrastrándome	arrastrándote	arrastrándole, arrastrándose	arrastrándonos	arrastrándoos	arrastrándoles, arrastrándose
	accusative	arrastrándome	arrastrándote	arrastrándolo, arrastrándola, arrastrándose	arrastrándonos	arrastrándoos	arrastrándolos, arrastrándolas, arrastrándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative arrastra	dative	arrástrame	arrástrate	arrástrale	arrástranos	not used	arrástrales
	accusative	arrástrame	arrástrate	arrástralo, arrástrala	arrástranos	not used	arrástralos, arrástralas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative arrastrá	dative	arrastrame	arrastrate	arrastrale	arrastranos	not used	arrastrales
	accusative	arrastrame	arrastrate	arrastralo, arrastrala	arrastranos	not used	arrastralos, arrastralas
with formal second-person singular imperative arrastre	dative	arrástreme	not used	arrástrele, arrástrese	arrástrenos	not used	arrástreles
	accusative	arrástreme	not used	arrástrelo, arrástrela, arrástrese	arrástrenos	not used	arrástrelos, arrástrelas
with first-person plural imperative arrastremos	dative	not used	arrastrémoste	arrastrémosle	arrastrémonos	arrastrémoos	arrastrémosles
	accusative	not used	arrastrémoste	arrastrémoslo, arrastrémosla	arrastrémonos	arrastrémoos	arrastrémoslos, arrastrémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative arrastrad	dative	arrastradme	not used	arrastradle	arrastradnos	arrastraos	arrastradles
	accusative	arrastradme	not used	arrastradlo, arrastradla	arrastradnos	arrastraos	arrastradlos, arrastradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative arrastren	dative	arrástrenme	not used	arrástrenle	arrástrennos	not used	arrástrenles, arrástrense
	accusative	arrástrenme	not used	arrástrenlo, arrástrenla	arrástrennos	not used	arrástrenlos, arrástrenlas, arrástrense

Derived terms

• arrastracueros
• arrastrado
• arrastre
• arrastrero

Further reading

• “arrastrar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025