rasteiro

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• rastreiro

Etymology

From rasto (“trace, trail”) +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁasˈte(j).ɾu/ [hasˈte(ɪ̯).ɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁasˈte(j).ɾu/ [hasˈte(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁaʃˈte(j).ɾu/ [χaʃˈte(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁasˈte(j).ɾo/ [hasˈte(ɪ̯).ɾo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐʃˈtɐj.ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐʃˈtɐj.ɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐʃˈtej.ɾu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐʃˈtej.ɾu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐʃˈte.ɾu/

• Hyphenation: ras‧tei‧ro

Adjective

rasteiro (feminine rasteira, masculine plural rasteiros, feminine plural rasteiras)

1. crawling
2. creeping

   Synonym: rastejante

3. (by extension) ground-level
4. (by extension) humble

Derived terms

• rasteira

Further reading

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