rastrear
Spanish, verb/rastɾeˈaɾ/
rastrear is spelled R-A-S-T-R-E-A-R (8 letters) and appears 4.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 12,318th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rastrear is a Spanish verb meaning “to track, pursue” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Seguir el rastro o búscar alguna cosa por él”.
What does rastrear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to track, pursue
- 2
to trace, to retrace, to trail, to backtrack, to scour
- 3
to trawl
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Seguir el rastro o búscar alguna cosa por él. 2. Vender la carne en el rastro al por mayor. 3. Someter a examinación una zona determinada en busca de alguna evidencia. 4. Inquirir, indagar y averiguar alguna cosa, discurriendo por conjeturas o señales.
verb: 1. Hacer cualquier labor con el rastro.
verb: 1. Dicho de un ladrón: seleccionar a las víctimas más débiles para asaltarles.
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 rastrear
- rastreo first-person present singular
- rastreé first-person preterite singular
- rastreado participle past
- rastreando gerund
- rastreada feminine participle past
- rastreados masculine participle past
- rastreadas feminine participle past
- rastreas indicative informal present
- rastreás indicative informal present
- rastrea indicative present singular
- rastreamos first-person indicative plural
- rastreáis indicative plural present
- rastrean indicative plural present
- rastreaba first-person imperfect indicative
- rastreabas imperfect indicative second-person
- rastreábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- rastreabais imperfect indicative plural
- rastreaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rastrear?
- /rastɾeˈaɾ/
- [ras.t̪ɾeˈaɾ]
- [rast̪ɾeˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rastrear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rastrear in Spanish?
rastrear appears 4.8 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).