arrastre

See also: arrastré

English

Noun

arrastre (plural arrastres)

1. Alternative form of arrastra.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈrastɾe/ [aˈras.t̪ɾe]
• Rhymes: -astɾe
• Syllabification: a‧rras‧tre

Etymology 1

Deverbal from arrastrar.

Noun

arrastre m (plural arrastres)

1. trawling
2. drift
3. (bullfighting) the act of dragging the dead bull out of the arena

Derived terms

• para el arrastre
• pesca de arrastre

Descendants

• → English: arrastra, arrastre

Etymology 2

Verb

arrastre

1. inflection of arrastrar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “arrastre”, 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