What does rastrello in Italian mean?

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

The word rastrello in Italian means rake, rake, comb, search, sweep up, hoover up, scrape together. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word rastrello

rake

sostantivo maschile (attrezzo agricolo con rebbi)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il giardiniere ammucchiò le foglie secche con un rastrello.
The gardener gathered the dry leaves together with a rake.

rake

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (prendere, passare con rastrello)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Oggi devo assolutamente rastrellare le foglie dal vialetto.

comb, search

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (figurato (passare al setaccio) (figurative)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
La polizia ha rastrellato tutta la zona alla ricerca del fuggitivo.

sweep up, hoover up

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (figurato (portare via, catturare) (figurative)

(phrasal verb, transitive, separable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, divisible--for example, "call off" [=cancel], "call the game off," "call off the game.")
I ladri hanno rastrellato tutte le cose di valore.

scrape together

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (figurato (cercare di mettere insieme) (figurative)

(phrasal verb, transitive, separable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, divisible--for example, "call off" [=cancel], "call the game off," "call off the game.")
Il comune sta cercando disperatamente di rastrellare fondi per non chiudere in perdita.

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