rasgo
Portuguese, noun/ˈʁaz.ɡu/
rasgo is spelled R-A-S-G-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 35,491st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rasgo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “tear (break caused by tearing)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of rasgar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “seccionamento parcial ou total da superfície de um corpo ou objeto; interrupção abrupta na continuidade…”.
What does rasgo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetear (break caused by tearing)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of rasgar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. seccionamento parcial ou total da superfície de um corpo ou objeto; interrupção abrupta na continuidade daquela superfície 2. laceração; ferimento resultante de um corte ou outra forma de bipartição de uma superfície 3. ação exemplar ou argumentação persuasiva, convincente ou intimidadora
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of rasgo
- rasgos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rasgo?
- Brazil /ˈʁaz.ɡu/
- Brazil [ˈhaz.ɡu]
- /ˈʁaʒ.ɡu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rasgo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rasgo in Portuguese?
rasgo appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).