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)]
- (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/
- (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)
- (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 Lingua 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): (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧rras‧trar
Verb
arrastrar (first-person singular present arrastro, first-person singular preterite arrastré, past participle arrastrado)
- to drag
- to pull, to tow, to haul
- to incite
- to sweep away (e.g., a river)
- to lug, to drag along, to drag down
- (reflexive) to crawl, to creep, to drag oneself
- (reflexive) to grovel
Conjugation
Conjugation of arrastrar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
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
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