# rasgar
## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese rasgar. Probably from Latin resecāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [rasˈɣaɾ]

### Verb

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

$^1$Less recommended.

### References

* 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 [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Probably from Latin resecāre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁazˈɡa(ʁ)/ [hazˈɡa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁazˈɡa(ʁ)/ [hazˈɡa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ʁazˈɡa(ɾ)/ [hazˈɡa(ɾ)]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ʁaʒˈɡa(ʁ)/ [χaʒˈɡa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ʁazˈɡa(ɻ)/ [hazˈɡa(ɻ)]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʁɐʒˈɡaɾ/ [ʁɐʒˈɣaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʁɐʒˈɡaɾ/ [ʁɐʒˈɣaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ʁɐʒˈɡa.ɾi/ [ʁɐʒˈɣa.ɾi]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: ras‧gar

### Verb

rasgar (first-person singular present rasgo, first-person singular preterite rasguei, past participle rasgado)
* (transitive) to rip (into parts, especially something flimsy such as paper or fabric)
* (intransitive) to rip (to tear apart)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### See also

* rascar
* raspar
* arranhar

### Further reading

* “rasgar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rasˈɡaɾ/ [razˈɣ̞aɾ]
* Audio:(file)
* 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)
* to rend, tear, rip
* to scratch

##### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

##### 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)
* (music) to strum
    Synonym: tocar

### Further reading

* “rasgar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10