- desgarrar
- v.1 to rip.desgarrar el corazón to break one's heart2 to tear, to rip, to break up into shreds, to rend.El clavo rajó mi vestido The nail ripped open my dress.3 to cut through.* * *desgarrar► verbo transitivo1 (rasgar) to tear, rip2 figurado (herir los sentimientos) to break, rend► verbo pronominal desgarrarse1 (rasgarse) to tear, rip* * *verbto tear, rip* * *1. VT1) [+ vestido, papel] to tear, rip2) [+ corazón] to break3) LAm [+ flema] to cough up2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivoa) <vestido/papel> to tear, rip
el clavo le desgarró el vestido — she tore o ripped her dress on the nail
b) (destrozar anímicamente) <corazón> to break2.desgarrarse v prona) vestido/camisa to tear, ripb) (Med) to tearse desgarró un músculo — he tore a muscle
* * *= tear, rive, rend, rip.Ex. The material chosen should be strong, easy to clean, difficult to tear and anti-static; velour is usually preferable to boucle.Ex. The novel presents a social world riven by contradictions that can best be understood through Marxian categories.Ex. Christian Science, a faith that has epitomize a quiet, disciplined spirituality, is being rent by discord.Ex. He punched her in the head and forced her to another room where he pinned her to the floor and ripped her shirt trying to remove it.----* desgarrarse = rupture.* desgarrarse las vestiduras = rend + Posesivo + clothing.* * *1.verbo transitivoa) <vestido/papel> to tear, ripel clavo le desgarró el vestido — she tore o ripped her dress on the nail
b) (destrozar anímicamente) <corazón> to break2.desgarrarse v prona) vestido/camisa to tear, ripb) (Med) to tearse desgarró un músculo — he tore a muscle
* * *= tear, rive, rend, rip.Ex: The material chosen should be strong, easy to clean, difficult to tear and anti-static; velour is usually preferable to boucle.
Ex: The novel presents a social world riven by contradictions that can best be understood through Marxian categories.Ex: Christian Science, a faith that has epitomize a quiet, disciplined spirituality, is being rent by discord.Ex: He punched her in the head and forced her to another room where he pinned her to the floor and ripped her shirt trying to remove it.* desgarrarse = rupture.* desgarrarse las vestiduras = rend + Posesivo + clothing.* * *desgarrar [A1 ]vt1 ‹vestido/papel› to tear, ripel clavo le desgarró el vestido she tore o ripped her dress on the naildesgarró el sobre con impaciencia he tore open the envelope impatiently2 (destrozar anímicamente) ‹corazón› to breakel llanto de esa criatura me desgarraba el alma it broke my heart o it was heartrending to hear that poor creature crying like that■ desgarrarsev pron1 «vestido/camisa» to tear, rip2 «perineo/parturienta» to tearse desgarró un músculo he tore a muscle* * *
desgarrar (conjugate desgarrar) verbo transitivoa) ‹vestido/papel› to tear, ripb) ‹corazón› to break
desgarrarse verbo pronominala) [vestido/camisa] to tear, ripb) (Med) to tear
desgarrar verbo transitivo to tear
'desgarrar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
destrozar
English:
wrench
- tear
* * *desgarrar♦ vtto rip;el clavo me ha desgarrado la chaqueta the nail has torn my jacket;Compverles sufrir desgarra el corazón it's heartbreaking to see them suffer♦ See also the pronominal verb desgarrarse* * *desgarrarv/t tear up; fig : corazón break* * *desgarrar vt1) : to tear, to rip2) : to break (one's heart)♦ See also the reflexive verb desgarrarse* * *desgarrar vb to tear [pt. tore; pp. torn]
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.