🇪🇸 Spanish

rastro

masculine

el rastro

trace

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rastro
/el ˈrastɾo/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say rastro in Spanish?

IPA
/el ˈrastɾo/

How do you pronounce rastro in Spanish?

rastro is pronounced /el ˈrastɾo/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El rastro antiguo en el suelo reveló que el animal había pasado por allí.

The ancient trace on the floor revealed that the animal had passed through there.

El rastro oscuro dejado por el ladrón fue muy importante para la investigación policial.

The dark trace left by the thief was very important for the police investigation.

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Why is it masculine?

Rastro is masculine because it derives from the Latin "rastrum" (a rake or scraping tool), which was inherently masculine in Latin's grammatical gender system, and Spanish retained this masculine classification when the word entered the language. Like many Spanish masculine nouns ending in -o, it maintains the gender of its Latin ancestor.

What is the Spanish word for trace?

The Spanish word for trace is el rastro — masculine.

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