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arrastrado

Spanish, noun/arasˈtɾado/

arrastrado is spelled A-R-R-A-S-T-R-A-D-O (10 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 16,278th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arrastrado is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “groveller, bootlicker, ass-kisser” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of arrastrar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “servil, rastrero. Bajo, humilde y de poca estimación”.

What does arrastrado mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    dragged

  2. 2

    humiliated

  3. 3

    Latin-Americainformalservile

noun

  1. 1

    Mexicocolloquialmasculinegroveller, bootlicker, ass-kisser

  2. 2

    colloquialmasculinetry-hard, tryhard

  3. 3

    archaicmasculinerascal, rogue

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of arrastrar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. arrastrado ¦ plural: arrastrados ¦ femenino: arrastrada ¦ femenino plural: arrastradas

noun: 1. servil, rastrero. Bajo, humilde y de poca estimación. 2. adulador. Que hace o dice con intención, a veces inmoderadamente, lo que se cree que puede agradar a otro. 3. humillante, degradante. Que hiere el amor propio o la dignidad de alguien. 4. pícaro, tunante, bribón.

verb: 1. Participio de arrastrar.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of arrastrado

  • arrastrada feminine
  • arrastrados masculine plural
  • arrastradas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce arrastrado?

  • /arasˈtɾado/
  • [a.rasˈt̪ɾa.ð̞o]
  • [arasˈt̪ɾað̞o]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to arrastrado

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is arrastrado in Spanish?

arrastrado appears 3.2 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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