rastrear

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• rastrejar

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *razdō

Latin rādō

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-om

Proto-Indo-European *-trom

Proto-Italic *-trom

Latin -trum

Latin rastrum

Portuguese rastro

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Late Latin -izāre

Old Galician-Portuguese -ear

Portuguese -ear

Portuguese rastrear

From rastro + -ear.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁas.tɾeˈa(ʁ)/ [has.tɾeˈa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁas.tɾeˈa(ʁ)/ [has.tɾeˈa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁas.tɾeˈa(ɾ)/ [has.tɾeˈa(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁaʃ.tɾeˈa(ʁ)/ [χaʃ.tɾeˈa(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ʁas.tɾeˈa(ɻ)/ [has.tɾeˈa(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐʃ.tɾiˈaɾ/, (faster) /ʁɐʃˈtɾjaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐʃ.tɾiˈaɾ/, (faster) /ʁɐʃˈtɾjaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐʃ.tɾiˈa.ɾi/, (faster) /ʁɐʃˈtɾja.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: ras‧tre‧ar

Verb

rastrear (first-person singular present rastreio, first-person singular preterite rastreei, past participle rastreado)

1. (transitive) to track (to discover the location of person or an object)
2. (transitive) to track (to follow the tracks of)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of rastrear (e becomes ei when stressed) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	rastrear
Personal	rastrear	rastreares	rastrear	rastrearmos	rastreardes	rastrearem
Gerund
	rastreando
Past participle
Masculine	rastreado			rastreados
Feminine	rastreada			rastreadas
Indicative
Present	rastreio	rastreias	rastreia	rastreamos	rastreais	rastreiam
Imperfect	rastreava	rastreavas	rastreava	rastreávamos	rastreáveis	rastreavam
Preterite	rastreei	rastreaste	rastreou	rastreamos1, rastreámos2	rastreastes	rastrearam
Pluperfect	rastreara	rastrearas	rastreara	rastreáramos	rastreáreis	rastrearam
Future	rastrearei	rastrearás	rastreará	rastrearemos	rastreareis	rastrearão
Conditional	rastrearia	rastrearias	rastrearia	rastrearíamos	rastrearíeis	rastreariam
Subjunctive
Present	rastreie	rastreies	rastreie	rastreemos	rastreeis	rastreiem
Imperfect	rastreasse	rastreasses	rastreasse	rastreássemos	rastreásseis	rastreassem
Future	rastrear	rastreares	rastrear	rastrearmos	rastreardes	rastrearem
Imperative
Affirmative		rastreia	rastreie	rastreemos	rastreai	rastreiem
Negative (não)		não rastreies	não rastreie	não rastreemos	não rastreeis	não rastreiem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• rastreador
• rastreamento
• rastreável
• rastreio

Further reading

• “rastrear”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “rastrear”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *razdō

Latin rādō

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-om

Proto-Indo-European *-trom

Proto-Italic *-trom

Latin -trum

Latin rāstrum

Spanish rastro

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Latin -izō

Latin -idiāre

Spanish -ear

Spanish rastrear

From rastro + -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rastɾeˈaɾ/ [ras.t̪ɾeˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ras‧tre‧ar

Verb

rastrear (first-person singular present rastreo, first-person singular preterite rastreé, past participle rastreado)

1. to track, pursue
2. to trace, to retrace, to trail, to backtrack, to scour
3. (nautical) to trawl

Conjugation

    Conjugation of rastrear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			rastrear
gerund			rastreando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		rastreado		rastreada
		plural		rastreados		rastreadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	rastreo	rastreastú rastreásvos	rastrea	rastreamos	rastreáis	rastrean
	imperfect	rastreaba	rastreabas	rastreaba	rastreábamos	rastreabais	rastreaban
	preterite	rastreé	rastreaste	rastreó	rastreamos	rastreasteis	rastrearon
	future	rastrearé	rastrearás	rastreará	rastrearemos	rastrearéis	rastrearán
	conditional	rastrearía	rastrearías	rastrearía	rastrearíamos	rastrearíais	rastrearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	rastree	rastreestú rastreésvos2	rastree	rastreemos	rastreéis	rastreen
	imperfect (ra)	rastreara	rastrearas	rastreara	rastreáramos	rastrearais	rastrearan
	imperfect (se)	rastrease	rastreases	rastrease	rastreásemos	rastreaseis	rastreasen
	future1	rastreare	rastreares	rastreare	rastreáremos	rastreareis	rastrearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		rastreatú rastreávos	rastree	rastreemos	rastread	rastreen
	negative		no rastrees	no rastree	no rastreemos	no rastreéis	no rastreen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of rastrear

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive rastrear	dative	rastrearme	rastrearte	rastrearle, rastrearse	rastrearnos	rastrearos	rastrearles, rastrearse
	accusative	rastrearme	rastrearte	rastrearlo, rastrearla, rastrearse	rastrearnos	rastrearos	rastrearlos, rastrearlas, rastrearse
with gerund rastreando	dative	rastreándome	rastreándote	rastreándole, rastreándose	rastreándonos	rastreándoos	rastreándoles, rastreándose
	accusative	rastreándome	rastreándote	rastreándolo, rastreándola, rastreándose	rastreándonos	rastreándoos	rastreándolos, rastreándolas, rastreándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative rastrea	dative	rastréame	rastréate	rastréale	rastréanos	not used	rastréales
	accusative	rastréame	rastréate	rastréalo, rastréala	rastréanos	not used	rastréalos, rastréalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative rastreá	dative	rastreame	rastreate	rastreale	rastreanos	not used	rastreales
	accusative	rastreame	rastreate	rastrealo, rastreala	rastreanos	not used	rastrealos, rastrealas
with formal second-person singular imperative rastree	dative	rastréeme	not used	rastréele, rastréese	rastréenos	not used	rastréeles
	accusative	rastréeme	not used	rastréelo, rastréela, rastréese	rastréenos	not used	rastréelos, rastréelas
with first-person plural imperative rastreemos	dative	not used	rastreémoste	rastreémosle	rastreémonos	rastreémoos	rastreémosles
	accusative	not used	rastreémoste	rastreémoslo, rastreémosla	rastreémonos	rastreémoos	rastreémoslos, rastreémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative rastread	dative	rastreadme	not used	rastreadle	rastreadnos	rastreaos	rastreadles
	accusative	rastreadme	not used	rastreadlo, rastreadla	rastreadnos	rastreaos	rastreadlos, rastreadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative rastreen	dative	rastréenme	not used	rastréenle	rastréennos	not used	rastréenles, rastréense
	accusative	rastréenme	not used	rastréenlo, rastréenla	rastréennos	not used	rastréenlos, rastréenlas, rastréense

Derived terms

• rastreable
• rastreador
• rastreo

Further reading

• “rastrear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025