raspar
Portuguese, verb/ʁasˈpa(ʁ)/
raspar is spelled R-A-S-P-A-R (6 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 23,930th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Raspar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to scrape (draw a sharp object along a surface)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “desbastar uma superfície”.
What does raspar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to scrape (draw a sharp object along a surface)
- 2
proscribedto shave (remove hair completely)
Raspei minha barba e meu cabelo.
- 3
to scrape off (remove something by scraping)
- 4
to graze (touch lightly in passing)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. desbastar uma superfície 2. alisar 3. rapar
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 raspar
- raspo first-person present singular
- raspei first-person preterite singular
- raspado participle past
- raspares infinitive second-person singular
- rasparmos first-person infinitive plural
- raspardes infinitive plural second-person
- rasparem infinitive plural third-person
- raspando gerund
- raspados masculine participle past
- raspada feminine participle past
- raspadas feminine participle past
- raspas indicative present second-person
- raspa indicative present singular
- raspamos first-person indicative plural
- raspais indicative plural present
- raspam indicative plural present
- raspava first-person imperfect indicative
- raspavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce raspar?
- Brazil /ʁasˈpa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [hasˈpa(h)]
- /ʁasˈpa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
raspar appears 1.8 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).