rasgueado
Spanish, noun/rasɡeˈado/
rasgueado is spelled R-A-S-G-U-E-A-D-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 81 million words in written Spanish, the 311,210th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rasgueado is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “a guitar technique in which the fingers are unfurled across the strings” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of rasguear.
What does rasgueado mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea guitar technique in which the fingers are unfurled across the strings
verb
- 1
past participle of rasguear
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Participio de rasguear.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of rasgueado
- rasgueados plural
- rasgueada feminine
- rasgueadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rasgueado?
- /rasɡeˈado/
- [raz.ɣ̞eˈa.ð̞o]
- [rasɣ̞eˈað̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is rasgueado in Spanish?
rasgueado appears about once in every 81 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).