rasgar

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese rasgar. Probably from Latin resecāre, present active infinitive of resecō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rasˈɣaɾ]

Verb

rasgar (first-person singular present rasgo, first-person singular preterite rasguei, past participle rasgado)

1. (archaic) to rip; to tear off

   Synonym: rachar

   • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 467:

     et rrasgauã et esgiçauã seus briaes, et depenauã os cabelos, et desfazíã os rrostros et os peytos, et maldezíã as auẽturas et as propheçías et as promesas dos dioses et das deesas.

     and they ripped and broke off their own bliauts, and plucked their hairs, and destroyed faces and breasts, and they damned the adventures and prophecies and promises of gods and goddesses

Conjugation

    Conjugation of rasgar (g-gu alternation)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	rasgar
Personal	rasgar	rasgares	rasgar	rasgarmos	rasgardes	rasgaren
Gerund
	rasgando
Past participle
Masculine	rasgado			rasgados
Feminine	rasgada			rasgadas
Indicative
Present	rasgo	rasgas	rasga	rasgamos	rasgades	rasgan
Imperfect	rasgaba	rasgabas	rasgaba	rasgabamos	rasgabades	rasgaban
Preterite	rasguei	rasgaches	rasgou	rasgamos	rasgastes	rasgaron
Pluperfect	rasgara	rasgaras	rasgara	rasgaramos	rasgarades	rasgaran
Future	rasgarei	rasgarás	rasgará	rasgaremos	rasgaredes	rasgarán
Conditional	rasgaría	rasgarías	rasgaría	rasgariamos	rasgariades	rasgarían
Subjunctive
Present	rasgue	rasgues	rasgue	rasguemos	rasguedes	rasguen
Imperfect	rasgase	rasgases	rasgase	rasgásemos	rasgásedes	rasgasen
Future	rasgar	rasgares	rasgar	rasgarmos	rasgardes	rasgaren
Imperative
Affirmative		rasga	rasgue	rasguemos	rasgade	rasguen
Negative (non)		non rasgues	non rasgue	non rasguemos	non rasguedes	non rasguen

    Reintegrated conjugation of rasgar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	rasgar
Personal	rasgar	rasgares	rasgar	rasgarmos	rasgardes	rasgarem
Gerund
	rasgando
Past participle
Masculine	rasgado			rasgados
Feminine	rasgada			rasgadas
Indicative
Present	rasgo	rasgas	rasga	rasgamos	rasgades, rasgais	rasgam
Imperfect	rasgava	rasgavas	rasgava	rasgávamos	rasgávades, rasgáveis, rasgávais1	rasgavam
Preterite	rasguei	rasgaste, rasgache1	rasgou	rasgamos	rasgastes	rasgárom, rasgaram
Pluperfect	rasgara	rasgaras	rasgara	rasgáramos	rasgárades, rasgáreis, rasgárais1	rasgaram
Future	rasgarei	rasgarás	rasgará	rasgaremos	rasgaredes, rasgareis	rasgarám, rasgarão
Conditional	rasgaria	rasgarias	rasgaria	rasgaríamos	rasgaríades, rasgaríeis, rasgaríais1	rasgariam
Subjunctive
Present	rasgue	rasgues	rasgue	rasguemos	rasguedes, rasgueis	rasguem
Imperfect	rasgasse	rasgasses	rasgasse	rasgássemos	rasgássedes, rasgásseis	rasgassem
Future	rasgar	rasgares	rasgar	rasgarmos	rasgardes	rasgarem
Imperative
Affirmative		rasga	rasgue	rasguemos	rasgade, rasgai	rasguem
Negative (nom)		nom rasgues	nom rasgue	nom rasguemos	nom rasguedes, nom rasgueis	nom rasguem

¹Less recommended.

References

• Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “rasgar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “rasg”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “rasgar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.

Portuguese

Etymology

Probably from Latin resecāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁazˈɡa(ʁ)/ [hazˈɡa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁazˈɡa(ʁ)/ [hazˈɡa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁazˈɡa(ɾ)/ [hazˈɡa(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁaʒˈɡa(ʁ)/ [χaʒˈɡa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁazˈɡa(ɻ)/ [hazˈɡa(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐʒˈɡaɾ/ [ʁɐʒˈɣaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐʒˈɡaɾ/ [ʁɐʒˈɣaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐʒˈɡa.ɾi/ [ʁɐʒˈɣa.ɾi]

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: ras‧gar

Verb

rasgar (first-person singular present rasgo, first-person singular preterite rasguei, past participle rasgado)

1. (transitive) to rip (into parts, especially something flimsy such as paper or fabric)
2. (intransitive) to rip (to tear apart)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of rasgar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	rasgar
Personal	rasgar	rasgares	rasgar	rasgarmos	rasgardes	rasgarem
Gerund
	rasgando
Past participle
Masculine	rasgado			rasgados
Feminine	rasgada			rasgadas
Indicative
Present	rasgo	rasgas	rasga	rasgamos	rasgais	rasgam
Imperfect	rasgava	rasgavas	rasgava	rasgávamos	rasgáveis	rasgavam
Preterite	rasguei	rasgaste	rasgou	rasgamos1, rasgámos2	rasgastes	rasgaram
Pluperfect	rasgara	rasgaras	rasgara	rasgáramos	rasgáreis	rasgaram
Future	rasgarei	rasgarás	rasgará	rasgaremos	rasgareis	rasgarão
Conditional	rasgaria	rasgarias	rasgaria	rasgaríamos	rasgaríeis	rasgariam
Subjunctive
Present	rasgue	rasgues	rasgue	rasguemos	rasgueis	rasguem
Imperfect	rasgasse	rasgasses	rasgasse	rasgássemos	rasgásseis	rasgassem
Future	rasgar	rasgares	rasgar	rasgarmos	rasgardes	rasgarem
Imperative
Affirmative		rasga	rasgue	rasguemos	rasgai	rasguem
Negative (não)		não rasgues	não rasgue	não rasguemos	não rasgueis	não rasguem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

See also

• rascar
• raspar
• arranhar

Further reading

• “rasgar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rasˈɡaɾ/ [razˈɣ̞aɾ]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ras‧gar

Etymology 1

Probably an alteration of Old Spanish resgar (with influence from rascar), itself likely from Latin resecāre; cognate to English resect, cf. also rasguñar ("to scratch and sketch"). Likely a doublet of resecar.

Verb

rasgar (first-person singular present rasgo, first-person singular preterite rasgué, past participle rasgado)

1. to rend, tear, rip
2. to scratch

Conjugation

    Conjugation of rasgar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			rasgar
gerund			rasgando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		rasgado		rasgada
		plural		rasgados		rasgadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	rasgo	rasgastú rasgásvos	rasga	rasgamos	rasgáis	rasgan
	imperfect	rasgaba	rasgabas	rasgaba	rasgábamos	rasgabais	rasgaban
	preterite	rasgué	rasgaste	rasgó	rasgamos	rasgasteis	rasgaron
	future	rasgaré	rasgarás	rasgará	rasgaremos	rasgaréis	rasgarán
	conditional	rasgaría	rasgarías	rasgaría	rasgaríamos	rasgaríais	rasgarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	rasgue	rasguestú rasguésvos2	rasgue	rasguemos	rasguéis	rasguen
	imperfect (ra)	rasgara	rasgaras	rasgara	rasgáramos	rasgarais	rasgaran
	imperfect (se)	rasgase	rasgases	rasgase	rasgásemos	rasgaseis	rasgasen
	future1	rasgare	rasgares	rasgare	rasgáremos	rasgareis	rasgaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		rasgatú rasgávos	rasgue	rasguemos	rasgad	rasguen
	negative		no rasgues	no rasgue	no rasguemos	no rasguéis	no rasguen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of rasgar (g-gu alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive rasgar
	dative	rasgarme	rasgarte	rasgarle, rasgarse	rasgarnos	rasgaros	rasgarles, rasgarse
	accusative	rasgarme	rasgarte	rasgarlo, rasgarla, rasgarse	rasgarnos	rasgaros	rasgarlos, rasgarlas, rasgarse
with gerund rasgando
	dative	rasgándome	rasgándote	rasgándole, rasgándose	rasgándonos	rasgándoos	rasgándoles, rasgándose
	accusative	rasgándome	rasgándote	rasgándolo, rasgándola, rasgándose	rasgándonos	rasgándoos	rasgándolos, rasgándolas, rasgándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative rasga
	dative	rásgame	rásgate	rásgale	rásganos	not used	rásgales
	accusative	rásgame	rásgate	rásgalo, rásgala	rásganos	not used	rásgalos, rásgalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative rasgá
	dative	rasgame	rasgate	rasgale	rasganos	not used	rasgales
	accusative	rasgame	rasgate	rasgalo, rasgala	rasganos	not used	rasgalos, rasgalas
with formal second-person singular imperative rasgue
	dative	rásgueme	not used	rásguele, rásguese	rásguenos	not used	rásgueles
	accusative	rásgueme	not used	rásguelo, rásguela, rásguese	rásguenos	not used	rásguelos, rásguelas
with first-person plural imperative rasguemos
	dative	not used	rasguémoste	rasguémosle	rasguémonos	rasguémoos	rasguémosles
	accusative	not used	rasguémoste	rasguémoslo, rasguémosla	rasguémonos	rasguémoos	rasguémoslos, rasguémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative rasgad
	dative	rasgadme	not used	rasgadle	rasgadnos	rasgaos	rasgadles
	accusative	rasgadme	not used	rasgadlo, rasgadla	rasgadnos	rasgaos	rasgadlos, rasgadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative rasguen
	dative	rásguenme	not used	rásguenle	rásguennos	not used	rásguenles, rásguense
	accusative	rásguenme	not used	rásguenlo, rásguenla	rásguennos	not used	rásguenlos, rásguenlas, rásguense

Derived terms

• rasgarse las vestiduras

 

Related terms

• rasgadura
• rasgo
• rasgón

 

See also

• arañar
• rascar

Etymology 2

Verb

rasgar (first-person singular present rasgo, first-person singular preterite rasgué, past participle rasgado)

1. (music) to strum

   Synonym: tocar

Further reading

• “rasgar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014