rachar

From an older *reachar, from acha (“splinter”), from Late Latin ascla, from Latin assula. Cognate with Portuguese rachar and related to Catalan asclar.

• IPA^(key): /raˈt͡ʃaɾ/

rachar (first-person singular present racho, first-person singular preterite rachei, past participle rachado)

1. (transitive) to tear, to rip

   Synonym: resgar

2. (transitive) to split, to cleave
3. (transitive) to splinter
4. (intransitive) to break, come apart

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “rachar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “rachar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “rachar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “rachar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Old Galician-Portuguese *reachar, from dialectal Ibero-Romance *acha (“to chip, to crack”), from Late Latin ascla, from Latin assula. Related to Catalan asclar.

• Hyphenation: ra‧char

rachar (first-person singular present racho, first-person singular preterite rachei, past participle rachado)

1. to crack
2. to split, cleave
3. to slit

• rachadura