rastro

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trace

∗ noun

rastro
masculine noun
1trail (pista)
  • seguir el rastro de alguien -> to trail somebody
  • perder el rastro de alguien -> to lose track of somebody
2trace (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
3flea market (mercado)

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rastro [rahs’-tro]
noun
1Track on the ground; trail (huella). (m)
2Rake, harrow (grada). (m)
3Slaughterhouse (matadero); place where meat is sold by the carcass. (m)
4Sign, token, vestige, relic. (m)
5Grapple for gathering oysters. (m)
  • Seguir el rastro de uno -> to follow somebody's trail
  • Desaparecer sin dejar rastro -> to vanish without trace

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rastro
sustantivo:masculino
1 (pista) trail; (olor) scent
la policía ha seguido el rastro a de los atracadoreso the police have followed the robbers' trail; los perros le perdieron el rastro the dogs lost his scent
tras buscarlo durante horas finalmente perdieron totalmente el rastro
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 (anticuado) (matadero) slaughterhouse

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