rastilho
Portuguese, noun/ʁasˈt͡ʃi.ʎu/
rastilho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “fuse (cord used to ignite a charge)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fio coberto de pólvora ou de outra substância, para comunicar fogo a alguma coisa”.
What does rastilho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefuse (cord used to ignite a charge)
espalhar-se como um rastilho de pólvora
- 2
masculinereason
- 3
masculinetrack
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. fio coberto de pólvora ou de outra substância, para comunicar fogo a alguma coisa 2. tubo ou sulco, cheio de pólvora, para o mesmo fim
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of rastilho
- rastilhos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rastilho?
- Brazil /ʁasˈt͡ʃi.ʎu/
- Brazil [hasˈt͡ʃi.ʎu]
- /ʁaʃˈt͡ʃi.ʎu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rastilho
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rastilho in Portuguese?
rastilho 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).