rastejante

== Portuguese == === Etymology === From rastejar (“to crawl; to creep”) + -ante. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɐ̃tɨ, -ɐ̃tʃi Hyphenation: ras‧te‧jan‧te === Adjective === rastejante m or f (plural rastejantes) crawling; creeping; slithering (moving close to the ground) Synonym: rastejador (botany) creeping (growing along a surface rather than upwards) Synonyms: rasteiro, reptante (figurative) submissive; servile (meekly obedient) Synonyms: submisso, servil === Further reading === “rastejante”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “rastejante”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026