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rastejante

Portuguese, adjective/ʁas.teˈʒɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

rastejante is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “crawling; creeping; slithering (moving close to the ground)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does rastejante mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    femininemasculinecrawling; creeping; slithering (moving close to the ground)

  2. 2

    femininemasculinecreeping (growing along a surface rather than upwards)

  3. 3

    femininemasculinesubmissive; servile (meekly obedient)

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

Forms of rastejante

  • rastejantes plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce rastejante?

  • Brazil /ʁas.teˈʒɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
  • Brazil [has.teˈʒɐ̃.t͡ʃi]
  • /ʁaʃ.teˈʒɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

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

How common is rastejante in Portuguese?

rastejante appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.

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