What does rastejar in Portuguese mean?

What is the meaning of the word rastejar in Portuguese? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use rastejar in Portuguese.

The word rastejar in Portuguese means crawl, snake, crawl, track, fawn, , rastejar, rastejar, rastejar, rastejar, rastejar, engatinhar, escapulir, rastejar, arrastar-se, rastejar, mover-se furtivamente, rastejar. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word rastejar

crawl

(arrastar-se de bruços)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")

snake

(mover-se sobre o ventre)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")

crawl

(figurado (ter sentimentos baixos) (figurative)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")

track

verbo transitivo (seguir rastro, rastrear)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")

fawn

verbo pronominal/reflexivo (figurado (rebaixar-se, humilhar-se)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")

rastejar

noun (slow-moving thing, esp. insect) (verbo usado como nome)

(substantivo masculino: Substantivo exclusivamente masculino. Ex. "ator", "menino", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "carrinho de mão", "guarda-chuva", etc.)

The abandoned house was full of crawlers.

rastejar

intransitive verb (be servile)

I don't want to grovel to the boss, but I want our plan to be approved, so I might have to do it.

rastejar

intransitive verb (insect: creep)

Betty observou a aranha rastejar pela parede acima.

Betty watched the spider crawling on the wall.

rastejar

intransitive verb (crawl)

Lola gritou quando sentiu a aranha rastejando pelo seu braço.

Lola screamed when she felt the spider creeping along her arm.

rastejar, engatinhar

phrasal verb, intransitive (move stealthily inside)

(verbo transitivo: Verbos que possuem complemento, direto ou indireto. Ex. "oferecer ajuda", "gostar de música", etc.)

Arriving home drunk again, he tried to creep in unnoticed.

escapulir, rastejar

(creep outside)

(verbo transitivo: Verbos que possuem complemento, direto ou indireto. Ex. "oferecer ajuda", "gostar de música", etc.)

She crawled out of her sleeping bag to see if it was a bear making all the noise outside her tent.

arrastar-se

phrasal verb, transitive, inseparable (creep inside)

(verbo pronominal/reflexivo: Verbos que precisam do pronome "se". Ex. "ferir-se", "queixar-se", etc.)

He crawled into bed as quietly as possible so as not to wake his wife.

rastejar

intransitive verb (figurative (time: go slowly) (figurado)

Enquanto eu estava na escola, o tempo parecia rastejar.

While I was at school, time seemed to crawl.

mover-se furtivamente

intransitive verb (figurative (move slowly) (movimento vagaroso)

O dia rastejou e finalmente chegou a hora de ir para casa.

The day crept by, and finally it was time to go home.

rastejar

intransitive verb (figurative (vehicle: move slowly) (figurado)

O trânsito está rastejando; vou chegar muito atrasado no trabalho.

The traffic is crawling; I'm going to be very late to work. The old car crawled along, smoke billowing from its engine.

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