rasgar

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

• IPA^(key): [rasˈɣaɾ]

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

• Ernesto Xosé 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: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “rasg”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “rasgar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Probably from Latin resecāre.

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: ras‧gar

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)

• rascar
• raspar
• arranhar

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

• IPA^(key): /rasˈɡaɾ/ [razˈɣ̞aɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ras‧gar

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.

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

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

• arañar
• rascar

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

1. (music) to strum

   Synonym: tocar

• “rasgar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28