razgar

Ladino

Alternative forms

• rasgar

Etymology

Probably an alteration of Old Spanish resgar (with influence from raskar), itself likely from Latin resecāre; cognate to English resect, cf. also raskunyar (“to scratch and sketch”). Likely a doublet of resekar.

Verb

razgar (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling ראזגאר)

1. (transitive) to rip (tear)

   Synonym: desgarrar

   Enpesava de rasgar los sus panyos.

   He started to rip his clothing.