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rajar

Spanish, verb/raˈxaɾ/

rajar is a Spanish verb meaning “to split, to rip, to tear, to slit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dividir en trozos por medio de hendeduras practicadas a golpe”.

What does rajar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to split, to rip, to tear, to slit

  2. 2

    to stab

  3. 3

    colloquialto sound off, mouth off

  4. 4

    colloquialto snitch, denounce

  5. 5

    colloquialto back down, chicken out

  6. 6

    colloquialto evade, elude (from a fight, discussion, confrontation, etc.)

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Dividir en trozos por medio de hendeduras practicadas a golpe. 2. Hender o abrir hendedura. 3. Romper o quebrar. 4. Decir muchas mentiras.

verb: 1. Hablar mucho. 2. Hacer comentarios malintencionados sobre alguien. 3. Siendo cobarde jactarse de valiente. 4. Huir de un lugar a toda prisa.

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 rajar

  • rajo first-person present singular
  • rajé first-person preterite singular
  • rajado participle past
  • rajando gerund
  • rajada feminine participle past
  • rajados masculine participle past
  • rajadas feminine participle past
  • rajas indicative informal present
  • rajás indicative informal present
  • raja indicative present singular
  • rajamos first-person indicative plural
  • rajáis indicative plural present
  • rajan indicative plural present
  • rajaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • rajabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • rajábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • rajabais imperfect indicative plural
  • rajaban imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce rajar?

  • /raˈxaɾ/
  • [raˈxaɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is rajar in Spanish?

rajar appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).