rastrillo

See also: rastrilló

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /rasˈtɾiʝo/ [rasˈt̪ɾi.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /rasˈtɾiʝo/ [rasˈt̪ɾi.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /rasˈtɾiʎo/ [rasˈt̪ɾi.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /rasˈtɾiʃo/ [rasˈt̪ɾi.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /rasˈtɾiʒo/ [rasˈt̪ɾi.ʒo]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

• Rhymes: -iʝo
• Rhymes: -iʎo
• Rhymes: -iʃo
• Rhymes: -iʒo

• 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)

1. rake
2. (textiles) hackle, hatchel
3. market; see rastro

   Synonym: mercadillo

4. yard sale, rummage sale
5. portcullis
6. (Mexico) safety razor

Etymology 2

Verb

rastrillo

1. first-person singular present indicative of rastrillar

Further reading

• “rastrillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16