traste

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Latin trānstrum with change of declension. Compare Spanish traste and trasto.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾas.t͡ʃi/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾaʃ.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾas.te/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾaʃ.tɨ/

Hyphenation: tras‧te

Noun

traste m (plural trastes)

worthless thing or person
(music) fret, fingerboard

Further reading

“traste” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.

Spanish

Etymology

Probably a variant of trasto; cf. Portuguese traste.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtɾaste/ [ˈt̪ɾas.t̪e]
Rhymes: -aste
Syllabification: tras‧te

Noun

traste m (plural trastes)

(music) fret
(Latin America) worthless thing or person
Synonym: trasto
(Mexico, in the plural) laundry (dirty clothes)
Synonym: ropa sucia
(Mexico, Dominican Republic, in the plural) dirty dishes

Derived terms

al traste

Further reading

“traste”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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