arrastão

Meaning

Noun

1. (masculine) trawling (fishing technique in which a net is dragged)
2. (masculine) trawler (fishing boat that uses a trawl net or dragnet)
3. (masculine) dragnet (net dragged across the bottom of a body of water)
4. (masculine) the act of violently dragging something
5. (masculine) a form of crime in which a group of criminals surround a location (usually a beach or tunnel) and steal the most they can; similar to a flash rob but in an open space

Verb

obsolete spelling of arrastam

Concepts

dragnet

trawling

trawler

trawlers

dragger

arrastão

trawl

tug

trainera

Synonyms

rasca

Translations

chalutier

Trawler

مترولات

peschereccio

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pescherecci da pesca a strascico

trawler

barcos para pesca a la rastra

jábega

paranza

arrastrero

barco de arrastre

rete a strascico

red barredera

treiler

Pronounced as (IPA)

/a.ʁasˈtɐ̃w̃/

Etymology

From arrastar (“to trawl; to drag”) + -ão, from rasto (“dragnet”).