rasgar Present Conjugation
rasgar — to tear
Rasgar is a completely regular -ar verb in the present indicative: rasgo, rasgas, rasga, rasgamos, rasgáis, rasgan.
rasgar Present Forms
When to Use the Present
Use this for current habits or general facts about tearing, such as how someone opens mail or how easily a specific fabric tears.
Notes on rasgar in the Present
Rasgar is fully regular in the present tense. There are no spelling changes here because the endings start with 'o' or 'a'.
Example Sentences
Yo siempre rasgo el papel por la línea.
I always tear the paper along the line.
yo
Ten cuidado, esa tela se rasga fácilmente.
Be careful, that fabric tears easily.
él/ella/usted
Ellos rasgan las cajas viejas para reciclarlas.
They tear the old boxes to recycle them.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Thinking it needs a 'u' like 'rasgué'.
Correct: rasgo
Why: Spelling changes only happen when the 'g' is followed by 'e' or 'i'. In 'rasgo', the 'g' is followed by 'o', so it stays hard naturally.
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Related Tenses
Preterite
yo: rasgué
Rasgar is regular in the preterite except for the 'yo' form, which changes to 'rasgué' to preserve the hard 'g' sound.
Imperfect
yo: rasgaba
Rasgar is regular in the imperfect: rasgaba, rasgabas, rasgaba, rasgábamos, rasgabais, rasgaban.
Future
yo: rasgaré
The future of rasgar is regular: add the endings -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án to the infinitive.
Conditional
yo: rasgaría
The conditional of rasgar is regular: add -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían to the infinitive.
Present Subjunctive
yo: rasgue
The present subjunctive of rasgar features a 'g' to 'gu' spelling change in all persons: rasgue, rasgues, rasgue, rasguemos, rasguéis, rasguen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: rasgara
The imperfect subjunctive of rasgar is regular, based on the third-person plural preterite: rasgara, rasgaras, rasgara, rasgáramos, rasgarais, rasgaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: rasga
The imperative uses 'rasga' (tú) and 'rasgad' (vosotros), while formal and plural commands use the spelling-change 'rasgue/n'.
Negative Imperative
yo: no rasgues
The negative imperative always uses the present subjunctive forms with 'no', requiring the 'gu' spelling change.