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/

• (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)

1. worthless thing or person
2. (music) fret, fingerboard

Further reading

• “traste”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “traste”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “traste”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

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)

1. (music) fret
2. (Latin America) worthless thing or person

   Synonym: trasto

3. (Mexico, Dominican Republic, in the plural) dirty dishes
4. (Mexico, in the plural) laundry (dirty clothes)

   Synonym: ropa sucia

Derived terms

• al traste

Further reading

• “traste”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024