rastro

m.

1 trail (pista).

seguir el rastro de alguien to trail somebody

perder el rastro de alguien to lose track of somebody

2 trace (vestigio).

sin dejar rastro without trace

no hay o queda ni rastro de él there's no sign of him

cuando llegamos no había ni rastro de cerveza when we got there there wasn't a drop of beer left

3 flea market (mercado).

4 slaughtering house.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: rastrar.

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rastro

► nombre masculino

1 (instrumento) rake

2 (señal) trace, track, sign; (olor) scent

■ ni rastro de sangre not a trace of blood

3 (vestigio) vestige

4 (mercado) flea market

■ el Rastro the Madrid flea market

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FRASEOLOGÍA

perder el rastro de alguien to lose somebody's trail

seguir el rastro de alguien to follow somebody's trail

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noun m.

1) trace

2) track, trail

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SM

1) (=pista) trail; (=olor) scent

la policía ha seguido el rastro a o de los atracadores — the police have followed the robbers' trail

los perros le perdieron el rastro — the dogs lost his scent

2) (=señal) trace

quedaban rastros de sangre en el suelo — there were traces of blood on the floor

desaparecer sin dejar rastro — to vanish without trace

ni rastro: no ha quedado ni rastro del jamón — there isn't a scrap of ham left

3) (Agr) (=rastrillo) rake; (=grada) harrow

4) (=mercadillo) fleamarket

el Rastro — fleamarket in Madrid

5) † (=matadero) slaughterhouse

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masculino

1) (pista, huella) trail; (señal, vestigio) trace, sign

no dejaron ni rastro de la comida — they ate every last bit of the food

sin dejar rastro — without (a) trace

2) (mercado) flea market

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masculino

1) (pista, huella) trail; (señal, vestigio) trace, sign

no dejaron ni rastro de la comida — they ate every last bit of the food

sin dejar rastro — without (a) trace

2) (mercado) flea market

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rastro¹

¹ = trace.

Ex: But there was no trace of sinisterness in Balzac's manner.

* dejar rastro = leave + a trace.

* desaparecer sin dejar rastro = evaporate into + thin air, vanish into + thin air, disappear into + thin air, disappear without + a trace, disappear into + the blue, vanish into + the blue.

* sin dejar rastro = into thin air.

rastro²

² = flea market.

Ex: Libraries should think carefully before rejecting 'the literature of the flea-market', for which there may be popular demand and without which serious study will be handicapped.

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rastro

masculine

rastro (↑ rastro a1)

A

1 (pista, huella) trail

seguimos el rastro del ladrón we are following o we are on the thief's trail

2 (señal, vestigio) trace, sign

del dinero no quedó ni rastro there was no sign of the money

no dejaron ni rastro de la comida they ate every last bit of the food, they didn't leave a single scrap of food

no demostró el menor rastro de egoísmo she displayed no trace of selfishness

no le quedaba ni rastro de maquillaje en el rostro not a trace of makeup was left on her face

desapareció sin dejar rastro she disappeared without (a) trace

B (mercado) flea market

C (Méx) slaughter house

CULTURAL NOTE

rastro

In some parts of Spain, the name given to a weekly open-air flea market, where all kinds of items are sold. The name El Rastro as such refers to a very big market of this type held in Madrid at weekends.

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rastro sustantivo masculino
1 (pista, huella) trail;
(señal, vestigio) trace, sign;

◊ sin dejar rastro without (a) trace

2 (mercado) flea market
rastro sustantivo masculino
1 (de un animal, etc) trail, track
2 (vestigio) trace, sign
sin dejar rastro, without a trace
3 (mercado callejero) flea market
'rastro' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
huella
- olfatear
- parar
- pista
- reguero
- regusto
- resabio
- seguir
English:
cold
- flea market
- market
- self-pity
- sign
- trace
- track
- trail
- vanish
- flea
- scent

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rastro nm

1. [pista] trail;

seguir el rastro de alguien to trail sb;

perder el rastro de alguien to lose track of sb

2. [vestigio] trace;

desapareció sin dejar rastro he vanished without trace;

no hay o [m5]queda ni rastro de él there's no sign of him;

cuando llegamos no había ni rastro de cerveza when we got there there wasn't a drop of beer left

3. [mercado] flea market

4. Méx [matadero] abattoir, slaughterhouse

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rastro

m

1 street market

2 (huella) trace;

desaparecer sin dejar rastro vanish without trace;

seguir el rastro a alguien follow s.o.’s trail

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rastro nm

1) pista: trail, track

2) vestigio: trace, sign

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rastro n

1. (pista) trail

los perros siguieron el rastro del fugitivo the dogs followed the fugitive's trail

2. (señal, vestigio) trace / sign

no había ni rastro de ella there was no sign of her

3. (mercadillo) flea market