rasgar

Attested since the 14th century. 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
   • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo (ed.), 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

   Synonym: rachar

• Note: rasg- are changed to rasgu- before front vowels (e).

• “rasgar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “rasg” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “rasgar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.

Probably from Latin resecāre.

• Rhymes: -aɾ

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. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.

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

• IPA^(key): /rasˈɡaɾ/ [razˈɣ̞aɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ras‧gar

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

1. to rend, tear, rip
2. to scratch
3. (music) to strum

• rasgarse las vestiduras

• rasgadura
• rasgón
• rasgo

• arañar
• rascar

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