arrastar pela lama

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ʁasˈta(ʁ) pe.lɐ ˈlɐ̃.mɐ/ [a.hasˈta(h) pe.lɐ ˈlɐ̃.mɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.ʁasˈta(ɾ) pe.lɐ ˈlɐ̃.mɐ/ [a.hasˈta(ɾ) pe.lɐ ˈlɐ̃.mɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.ʁaʃˈta(ʁ) pe.lɐ ˈlɐ̃.mɐ/ [a.χaʃˈta(χ) pe.lɐ ˈlɐ̃.mɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ʁasˈta(ɻ) pe.la ˈlɐ.ma/ [a.hasˈta(ɻ) pe.la ˈlɐ.ma]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ʁɐʃˈtaɾ pe.lɐ ˈlɐ.mɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ʁɐʃˈtaɾ pe.lɐ ˈla.mɐ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ʁɐʃˈta.ɾi pe.lɐ ˈlɐ.mɐ/

Verb

arrastar pela lama (first-person singular present arrasto pela lama, first-person singular preterite arrastei pela lama, past participle arrastado pela lama)

(idiomatic) to drag through the mud (tarnish someone's reputation)

References

“arrastar pela lama”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025