1[+objeto pesado]to drag;[+carro]to pull;[+caravana]to tow;[+vestido, capa]to trail (along the ground)
no arrastres la silla por el suelodon't drag that chair (along the ground);arrastrar los piesto drag one's feet;shuffle along;arrastrar las palabrasto slur one's words
2(transportar)[+río, viento]to sweep away o along
la corriente arrastró las ramasthe current swept the branches away o along
3(atraer)to draw;attract
su última película ha arrastrado mucho públicohis latest film has drawn o attracted large audiences
este grupo arrastra a masas de adolescentes
no te dejes arrastrar por esa ideadon't get carried away by that idea;arrastrar a algn a hacer algoto sweep sb into doing sth
4(soportar)
este país arrastra desde hace décadas el problema del parothis country's been dogged by unemployment for decades;arrastra un complejo de inferioridad desde la adolescenciahe's had an inferiority complex ever since he was a youth
5(provocar)[+dificultad, problema]to bring with it
su dimisión arrastró varias crisis financierashis resignation brought with it several financial crises
6(Bridge)[+triunfos]to draw
intransitive verb
1[+vestido, capa]to trail (along the ground);drag
te arrastra el vestidoyour dress is trailing (along the ground) o dragging
2(Botánica)to trail
pronominal verb
arrastrarse
1(reptar)[+bebé, serpiente]to crawl;[+herido]to drag o.s.
la oruga se arrastraba lentamente por el suelothe caterpillar crawled along the ground;la víctima se arrastró hasta la puertathe victim dragged himself to the door
2(humillarse)to grovel
se arrastró ante el profesor para conseguir el aprobadohe grovelled to the teacher so as to get a pass mark