raspar
Spanish, verb/rasˈpaɾ/
raspar is spelled R-A-S-P-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 54,740th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Raspar is a Spanish verb meaning “to file down or sand down” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Raer ligeramente una cosa quitándole alguna capa superficial”.
What does raspar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to file down or sand down
- 2
to scrape
- 3
(of clothes, etc) to scratch, be scratchy
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Raer ligeramente una cosa quitándole alguna capa superficial. 2. Rozar. 3. Producir un tejido áspero una sensación desagradable en la piel. 4. Picar al paladar el vino u otro licor.
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 raspar
- raspo first-person present singular
- raspé first-person preterite singular
- raspado participle past
- raspando gerund
- raspada feminine participle past
- raspados masculine participle past
- raspadas feminine participle past
- raspas indicative informal present
- raspás indicative informal present
- raspa indicative present singular
- raspamos first-person indicative plural
- raspáis indicative plural present
- raspan indicative plural present
- raspaba first-person imperfect indicative
- raspabas imperfect indicative second-person
- raspábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- raspabais imperfect indicative plural
- raspaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce raspar?
- /rasˈpaɾ/
- [rasˈpaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to raspar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is raspar in Spanish?
raspar appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).