rasguear

Spanish

Etymology

From rasgar +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rasɡeˈaɾ/ [raz.ɣ̞eˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ras‧gue‧ar

Verb

rasguear (first-person singular present rasgueo, first-person singular preterite rasgueé, past participle rasgueado)

1. (music) to strum

   Synonym: tañer

Conjugation

    Conjugation of rasguear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			rasguear
gerund			rasgueando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		rasgueado		rasgueada
		plural		rasgueados		rasgueadas
		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	rasgueo	rasgueastú rasgueásvos	rasguea	rasgueamos	rasgueáis	rasguean
	imperfect	rasgueaba	rasgueabas	rasgueaba	rasgueábamos	rasgueabais	rasgueaban
	preterite	rasgueé	rasgueaste	rasgueó	rasgueamos	rasgueasteis	rasguearon
	future	rasguearé	rasguearás	rasgueará	rasguearemos	rasguearéis	rasguearán
	conditional	rasguearía	rasguearías	rasguearía	rasguearíamos	rasguearíais	rasguearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	rasguee	rasgueestú rasgueésvos2	rasguee	rasgueemos	rasgueéis	rasgueen
	imperfect (ra)	rasgueara	rasguearas	rasgueara	rasgueáramos	rasguearais	rasguearan
	imperfect (se)	rasguease	rasgueases	rasguease	rasgueásemos	rasgueaseis	rasgueasen
	future1	rasgueare	rasgueares	rasgueare	rasgueáremos	rasgueareis	rasguearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		rasgueatú rasgueávos	rasguee	rasgueemos	rasguead	rasgueen
	negative		no rasguees	no rasguee	no rasgueemos	no rasgueéis	no rasgueen

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

    Selected combined forms of rasguear

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 rasguear
	dative	rasguearme	rasguearte	rasguearle, rasguearse	rasguearnos	rasguearos	rasguearles, rasguearse
	accusative	rasguearme	rasguearte	rasguearlo, rasguearla, rasguearse	rasguearnos	rasguearos	rasguearlos, rasguearlas, rasguearse
with gerund rasgueando
	dative	rasgueándome	rasgueándote	rasgueándole, rasgueándose	rasgueándonos	rasgueándoos	rasgueándoles, rasgueándose
	accusative	rasgueándome	rasgueándote	rasgueándolo, rasgueándola, rasgueándose	rasgueándonos	rasgueándoos	rasgueándolos, rasgueándolas, rasgueándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative rasguea
	dative	rasguéame	rasguéate	rasguéale	rasguéanos	not used	rasguéales
	accusative	rasguéame	rasguéate	rasguéalo, rasguéala	rasguéanos	not used	rasguéalos, rasguéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative rasgueá
	dative	rasgueame	rasgueate	rasgueale	rasgueanos	not used	rasgueales
	accusative	rasgueame	rasgueate	rasguealo, rasgueala	rasgueanos	not used	rasguealos, rasguealas
with formal second-person singular imperative rasguee
	dative	rasguéeme	not used	rasguéele, rasguéese	rasguéenos	not used	rasguéeles
	accusative	rasguéeme	not used	rasguéelo, rasguéela, rasguéese	rasguéenos	not used	rasguéelos, rasguéelas
with first-person plural imperative rasgueemos
	dative	not used	rasgueémoste	rasgueémosle	rasgueémonos	rasgueémoos	rasgueémosles
	accusative	not used	rasgueémoste	rasgueémoslo, rasgueémosla	rasgueémonos	rasgueémoos	rasgueémoslos, rasgueémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative rasguead
	dative	rasgueadme	not used	rasgueadle	rasgueadnos	rasgueaos	rasgueadles
	accusative	rasgueadme	not used	rasgueadlo, rasgueadla	rasgueadnos	rasgueaos	rasgueadlos, rasgueadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative rasgueen
	dative	rasguéenme	not used	rasguéenle	rasguéennos	not used	rasguéenles, rasguéense
	accusative	rasguéenme	not used	rasguéenlo, rasguéenla	rasguéennos	not used	rasguéenlos, rasguéenlas, rasguéense

Derived terms

• rasgueo

 

Further reading

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