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rastrillar

Spanish, verb/rastɾiˈʝaɾ/

rastrillar is spelled R-A-S-T-R-I-L-L-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish, the 133,746th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rastrillar is a Spanish verb meaning “to harrow, rake” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Recoger con el rastro la parva en las eras o la hierba segada en los prados”.

What does rastrillar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to harrow, rake

  2. 2

    to scour, comb (search an area thoroughly)

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Recoger con el rastro la parva en las eras o la hierba segada en los prados. 2. Pasar la rastra por los sembrados. 3. Limpiar de hierba con el rastrillo las calles de los parques y jardines. 4. Limpiar el lino o cáñamo de la arista y estopa.

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 rastrillar

  • rastrillo first-person present singular
  • rastrillé first-person preterite singular
  • rastrillado participle past
  • rastrillando gerund
  • rastrillada feminine participle past
  • rastrillados masculine participle past
  • rastrilladas feminine participle past
  • rastrillas indicative informal present
  • rastrillás indicative informal present
  • rastrilla indicative present singular
  • rastrillamos first-person indicative plural
  • rastrilláis indicative plural present
  • rastrillan indicative plural present
  • rastrillaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • rastrillabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • rastrillábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • rastrillabais imperfect indicative plural
  • rastrillaban imperfect indicative plural

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

How do you pronounce rastrillar?

  • /rastɾiˈʝaɾ/
  • [ras.t̪ɾiˈʝaɾ]
  • [rast̪ɾiˈʝaɾ]

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

English words that translate to rastrillar

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

How common is rastrillar in Spanish?

rastrillar appears about once in every 13 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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