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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

rasgar

to tear

  • #432 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: rasgando
  • Past participle: rasgado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

  1. eu I tear
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you tear
  3. nós we tear
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all tear

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

  1. eu I tore
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you tore
  3. nós we tore
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all tore

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

  1. eu I am going to tear
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you are going to tear
  3. nós we are going to tear
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all are going to tear

Imperfect

Pretérito Imperfeito · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. eu I used to tear
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you used to tear
  3. nós we used to tear
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all used to tear

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

  1. eu I would tear
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you would tear
  3. nós we would tear
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all would tear

Present subjunctive

Presente do Subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”

  1. eu (that) I tear
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente (that) you tear
  3. nós (that) we tear
  4. vocês, eles, elas (that) you all tear

Past subjunctive

Imperfeito do Subjuntivo · “if I were”, “se …”

  1. eu (if) I tore
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente (if) you tore
  3. nós (if) we tore
  4. vocês, eles, elas (if) you all tore

Future subjunctive

Futuro do Subjuntivo · “when” and “if” about the future

  1. eu (when) I tear
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente (when) you tear
  3. nós (when) we tear
  4. vocês, eles, elas (when) you all tear

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

  1. você tear!
  2. vocês tear! (all of you)

How to use rasgar

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Meu cachorro rasga qualquer papel que encontra.

    My dog tears up any paper he finds.

  2. Past

    Eu rasguei a calça no portão do vizinho.

    I tore my pants on the neighbor's gate.

  3. Future

    Se puxar assim, você vai rasgar a camisa.

    If you pull like that, you're going to tear the shirt.

  4. Imperfect

    Ela rasgava as cartas dele sem ler.

    She used to tear up his letters without reading them.

  5. Conditional

    Eu rasgaria esse contrato se pudesse.

    I'd tear up this contract if I could.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Dobre o mapa devagar para que não rasgue.

    Fold the map slowly so it doesn't tear.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se o saco rasgasse, as laranjas iriam pelo chão.

    If the bag tore, the oranges would go all over the floor.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se a sacola rasgar, pegue outra no caixa.

    If the bag tears, get another one at the register.

  9. Imperative

    Rasgue o papel na linha pontilhada.

    Tear the paper along the dotted line.

Good to know

  • "Rasgar elogios" is to shower someone with praise.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -ar verb.