rastro
Spanish, noun
rastro is spelled R-A-S-T-R-O (6 letters) and appears 7.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 8,770th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rastro is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “sign, trace, vestige, scent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of rastrar. With an accent, rastró is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of rastrar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Señal que deja impresa en la tierra cualquier objeto que ha pasado por ella”.
What does rastro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesign, trace, vestige, scent
- 2
masculinetrail, spoor (i.e., marked indication to track and follow)
un rastro de sangre
- 3
masculineflea market, public market (especially El Rastro in Madrid)
- 4
masculineoffshoot, layer
- 5
masculinerake
- 6
masculineslaughterhouse
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of rastrar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of rastrar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Señal que deja impresa en la tierra cualquier objeto que ha pasado por ella. 2. Herramienta a manera de azada, que en vez de pala tiene dientes fuertes y gruesos y sirve para extender piedra partida y otros usos.
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 rastro
- rastros plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to rastro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rastro in Spanish?
rastro appears 7.6 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).